AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Understanding Tape Status
the gateway isn't sent to AWS. You can only disable a gateway on the Storage Gateway console if the
gateway is no longer connected to AWS. If the gateway is connected to AWS, you can't disable the tape
gateway.
You disable a tape gateway as part of data recovery. For more information about recovering tapes, see
You Need to Recover a Virtual Tape from a Malfunctioning Tape Gateway (p. 335).
To disable your gateway
1. Open the AWS Storage Gateway console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/storagegateway/home.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Gateways, and then choose the failed gateway.
3. Choose the Details tab for the gateway to display the disable gateway message.
4. Choose Create recovery tapes.
5. Choose Disable gateway.
Understanding Tape Status
Each tape has an associated status that tells you at a glance what the health of the tape is. Most of the
time, the status indicates that the tape is functioning normally and that no action is needed on your part.
In some cases, the status indicates a problem with the tape that might require action on your part. You
can find information following to help you decide when you need to act.
Topics
• Understanding Tape Status Information in a VTL (p. 183)
• Determining Tape Status in an Archive (p. 184)
Understanding Tape Status Information in a VTL
A tape's status must be AVAILABLE for you to read or write to the tape. The following table lists and
describes possible status values.
Status Description Tape Data Is Stored In
CREATING The virtual tape is being created. The tape can't be
loaded into a tape drive, because the tape is being
created.
—
AVAILABLE The virtual tape is created and ready to be loaded into a
tape drive.
Amazon S3
IN TRANSIT
TO VTS
The virtual tape has been ejected and is being uploaded
for archive. At this point, your tape gateway is uploading
data to AWS. If the amount of data being uploaded is
small, this status might not appear. When the upload is
completed, the status changes to ARCHIVING.
Amazon S3
ARCHIVING The virtual tape is being moved by your tape gateway
to the archive, which is backed by GLACIER or
DEEP_ARCHIVE. This process happens after the data
upload to AWS is completed.
Data is being moved from
Amazon S3 to GLACIER or
DEEP_ARCHIVE.
DELETING The virtual tape is being deleted. Data is being deleted from
Amazon S3
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