AWS Storage Gateway - Tape Gateway; Working with VTL Devices

AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Tape Gateway
2. Attach the Amazon EBS volume to your Amazon EC2 instance. For instructions, see Attaching an
Amazon EBS Volume to an Instance in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances.
3. Configure the Amazon EBS volume you added as either an upload buffer or cache storage. For
instructions, see Managing Local Disks for Your AWS Storage Gateway (p. 220).
There are times you might find you don’t need the amount of storage you allocated for the upload
buffer.
To remove an Amazon EBS volume
Warning
These steps apply only for Amazon EBS volumes allocated as upload buffer space. If you remove
an Amazon EBS volume that is allocated as cache storage from a gateway, virtual tapes on the
gateway will have the IRRECOVERABLE status, and you risk data loss. For more information on
the IRRECOVERABLE status, see Understanding Tape Status Information in a VTL (p. 183).
1. Shut down the gateway by following the approach described in the Shutting Down Your Gateway
VM (p. 219) section.
2. Detach the Amazon EBS volume from your Amazon EC2 instance. For instructions, see Detaching an
Amazon EBS Volume from an Instance in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances.
3. Delete the Amazon EBS volume. For instructions, see Deleting an Amazon EBS Volume in the
Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances.
4. Start the gateway by following the approach described in the Shutting Down Your Gateway
VM (p. 219) section.
Tape Gateway
Topics
• Working with VTL Devices (p. 357)
• Working With Tapes (p. 361)
Working with VTL Devices
Your tape gateway setup provides the following SCSI devices, which you select when activating your
gateway.
Topics
• Selecting a Medium Changer After Gateway Activation (p. 358)
• Updating the Device Driver for Your Medium Changer (p. 359)
• Displaying Barcodes for Tapes in Microsoft System Center DPM (p. 360)
For medium changers, AWS Storage Gateway works with the following:
• AWS-Gateway-VTL – This device is provided with the gateway.
• STK-L700 – This device emulation is provided with the gateway.
When activating your tape gateway, you select your backup application from the list and storage
gateway uses the appropriate medium changer. If your backup application is not listed, you choose
Other and then choose the medium changer that works with backup application.
The type of medium changer you choose depends on the backup application you plan to use. The
following table lists third-party backup applications that have been tested and found to be compatible
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