Vaisala IRIS - Creating and Printing a Log; Creating a Tape Log

6. Select Commands > Record.
When recording is complete, the Commands field shows Record Done and the Status
field shows Idle.
The log contains entries for the new files that have been added.
You can issues further commands (such as Unmount), but many users leave the
medium is left in this state so that future requests for archive from the Product Output
menu are fulfilled automatically.
7. If the medium is full before recording is complete, the tape rewinds to BOT and the
system-wide message TAPE FULL ON DRIVE (drive id) is flashed.
a. Enter the Archive menu and unmount the tape.
b. Mount a new tape.
c. To restart the recording operation where it left o, select Commands > Record.
Products are queued to be sent to the drive and are sent as soon as you select the
record command on the fresh media. Thus if the media before these queued files are
deleted by the normal watchdog process, then there is no loss of data on the archive.
The time depends on the size of your IRIS system disk but is typically several hours.
8. To stop recording manually, select Commands > Stop.
IRIS waits for the next command, which could be to resume the record process. The log
reflects the new files that were added before the Stop command was issued.
8.6
Creating and Printing a Log
Disk file inventories are not created for LDA devices. The inventory for these is made on-
the-fly.
The Inventory command is invoked when there is no tape log or when the tape log
becomes damaged. If the latter case, the Archive ID field displays Incomplete Log.
For optical disks, logs are created automatically when a disk is mounted.
Printing is done on a text printer rather than a color printer, depending on how the system
manager has configured your system. A tape does not need to be mounted to print the tape
log.
8.6.1
Creating a Tape Log
1. Select Commands > Inventory.
IRIS scans the tape and generate a new log. This can take some time.
Note that when IRIS appends files to an existing IRIS tape, a new tape log is
automatically generated.
Chapter 8 – Performing Archive Operations
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