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Media Management and Tape Service

In data centers with off-site storage locations, tape volumes are typically cycled out of the central tape library to more secure storage areas (vaults), and then cycled back into the central library. MM Admin works with Tape Service to provide additional media control, rotation, slot number assignment, and reporting on vaulted tape volumes so that you can physically route these tape volumes to off-site storage locations and back to the data center, as necessary.

You can define vaulting criteria using MM Admin. The criteria for holding tape volumes in vaults can be different for each schedule and for each vault. As tape volumes meet these criteria, they are checked out of Tape Service with the proper vault code and reports are generated indicating the current location and destination to where the tape volumes must be moved.