AWS Storage Gateway - Using Your Tape Gateway

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Using Your Tape Gateway

Note

Virtual tapes are uniquely identiﬁed by a barcode. You can add a preﬁx to the barcode. The

preﬁx is optional, but you can use it to help identify your virtual tapes. The preﬁx must be

uppercase letters (A–Z) and must be one to four characters long.

7. For Pool, choose Glacier Pool or Deep Archive Pool. This pool represents the storage class in which

your tape will be stored when it is ejected by your backup software.

Choose Glacier Pool if you want to archive the tape in GLACIER. When your backup software ejects

the tape, it is automatically archived in GLACIER. You use Glacier for more active archives where

you can retrieve the tapes in 3-5 hours. For detailed information, see Storage Classes for Archiving

Objects

Choose Deep Archive Pool if you want to archive the tape in DEEP_ARCHIVE. When your

backup software ejects the tape, the tape is automatically archived in DEEP_ARCHIVE. You use

DEEP_ARCHIVE for long-term data retention and digital preservation where data is accessed once

or twice a year. You can retrieve tapes archived in DEEP_ARCHIVE within 12 hours. For detailed

information, see Storage Classes for Archiving Objects.

If you archive a tape in GLACIER, you can move it to DEEP_ARCHIVE later. For more information, see

Moving Your Tape from Glacier to Deep Archive Storage Class (p. 180).

Note

Tapes created before March 27, 2019, are archived directly in Amazon S3 Glacier when your

backup software ejects it.

8. Choose Create tapes.

9. In the navigation pane, choose the Tape Library tab and choose Tapes to see your tapes.

The status of the virtual tapes is initially set to CREATING when the virtual tapes are being created. After

the tapes are created, their status changes to AVAILABLE. For more information, see Managing Your

Tape Gateway (p. 178).

Next Step

Using Your Tape Gateway (p. 83)

Using Your Tape Gateway

Following, you can ﬁnd instructions about how to use your tape gateway.

Topics

• Connecting Your VTL Devices (p. 84)

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