Large Library Filters

The Arcserve Backup definition of Large Library is any library that has more than 10,000 slots and any number of drives. This improves the time of auto-refresh (for devices/groups status) and provides useful filters and an easier way to execute multiple device commands (format/erase on a set of slots). In case of the Format command, the user is allowed to specify a prefix/suffix to the media name.

The following available filters for libraries significantly reduce the amount of data and therefore increase the data manageability and the application performance:

• Empty Slots filter--Allows the user to see all not empty slots or all slots of the library.
• Range Slot filter--Filters the slots that belong to a certain range of slots.
• Media Pool filter--Allows user to see only the media within a particular media pool.
• Bar Code filter--If the library supports a bar code reader, it will filter the media that match the bar code; otherwise, it will match the serial number.

Note: The Media Pool and Bar Code filters accept wildcards.

The Library filters apply to Device Manager, Backup Manager/Destination views. To set a filter or to see the current one, go to the Library Filter tab. These filters apply to the current opened managers not to all managers.

If a filter was applied to the view, the status bar will indicate this by displaying "FILTER" in the second panel. By default, Device Manager and Backup Manager/Destination filter the empty slots.

More information:

Tape Library Option - Overview