ADIC 601354 User Manual

601354 Rev A

Initial Configuration

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Archive Console 
Display Host

This parameter determines where the archive Console displays. 
After an archive is configured and registered with VolServ, the 
archive Console displays at the specified location, refer to the 

 for an example of an archive 

Console. This archive Console example is for an AML/E 
archive. All archive Console displays are similar.

The archive Console alerts the VolServ Archive Operator (AO) 
when human intervention is required for media movement 
operations. For example, the Check-out Media, Export Media, 
and Move Media operations require that a medium or media be 
ejected (physically removed) from an archive. The Move Media 
operation further requires that the ejected medium or media be 
entered into another archive. Also, the Mount Media operation 
can require that a medium be ejected from one archive and 
entered into another archive for mounting on a specific drive. 

Archive Mode

The archive mode parameter indicates whether a human is 
available to perform media eject and enter operations for the 
archive. There are two archive mode settings: attended and 
unattended.

The archive mode attended option indicates that a human is 
available to perform media eject and enter operations prompted 
by the archive Console. 

If the archive mode unattended option is selected, VolServ 
software fails commands that require human intervention to 
move media out of or into an archive. These commands are the 
Check-out Media, Export Media, Move Media, and (sometimes) 
Mount Media associated commands.