Quantum DXi6900

Chapter 7: Status
VTL Status
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Data after reduction is divided into the following categories:
Category Description
TotalReductionRatio The total reduction ratio of all data that has been processed by the data
deduplication and compression engines (DataBeforeReduction divided by Data
AfterReduction).
DeduplicationRatio The deduplication ratio of all data that has been processed by the data
deduplication engine.
CompressionRatio The compression ratio of all data that has been processed by the compression
engine.
VTL Status
The VTLStatus page allows you to view information about virtual tape library (VTL) components, including
tape drives, storage slots, and cartridges. You can view a physical or logical representation of VTL
components, or view VTL performance statistics.
Note:For information about creating VTLs, see Adding a VTL Partition on page 222.
To access the VTLStatus page, click the Status menu, and then click the VTL tab.
The VTLStatus page contains the following tabs:
Physical View
The PhysicalView page allows you to view a physical representation of the virtual components in a VTL.
You can view information about virtual tapes drives, storage slots, and cartridges.
To access the PhysicalView page, on the VTLStatus page, click the PhysicalView tab (see Figure 118
on the next page).