AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Understanding Tape Status
Status Description Tape Data Is Stored In
DELETED The virtual tape has been successfully deleted. —
RETRIEVING The virtual tape is being retrieved from the archive to
your tape gateway.
Note
The virtual tape can be retrieved only to a tape
gateway.
Data is being moved from
GLACIER or DEEP_ARCHIVE
to Amazon S3
RETRIEVED The virtual tape is retrieved from the archive. The
retrieved tape is write-protected.
Amazon S3
RECOVERED The virtual tape is recovered and is read-only.
When your tape gateway is not accessible for any reason,
you can recover virtual tapes associated with that tape
gateway to another tape gateway. To recover the virtual
tapes, first disable the inaccessible tape gateway.
Amazon S3
IRRECOVERABLEThe virtual tape can't be read from or written to. This
status indicates an error in your tape gateway.
Amazon S3
Determining Tape Status in an Archive
You can use the following procedure to determine the status of a virtual tape in an archive.
To determine the status of a virtual tape
1. Open the AWS Storage Gateway console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/storagegateway/home.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Tapes.
3. In the Status column of the tape library grid, check the status of the tape.
The tape status also appears in the Details tab of each virtual tape.
Following, you can find a description of the possible status values.
Status Description
ARCHIVED The virtual tape has been ejected and is uploaded to the archive.
RETRIEVING The virtual tape is being retrieved from the archive.
Note
The virtual tape can be retrieved only to a tape gateway.
RETRIEVED The virtual tape has been retrieved from the archive. The retrieved tape is read-
only.
For additional information about how to work with tapes and VTL devices, see Working With
Tapes (p. 361).
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