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601354 Rev A Normal Operations 4-7
Normal Operation
Change Archive
Parameters
The change archive parameters command allows changing two
archive parameters without requiring that the archive become
unavailable. These parameters are the archive mode and archive
console display host.
The archive mode attended option is usually selected. When the
AO or any other attendant is not available to perform media
handling, the archive mode can be changed to unattended.
However, this change can affect the behavior of the move
media, mount media, checkin media, checkout media, import
media, and export media associated commands, as well as the
media migration process.
Whenever necessary, the archive console display host can be
changed without requiring archive reconfiguration.
The change archive parameters include the change archive, new
mode, new console display host, and priority. The priority is
used to determine the command location in VolServ command
queue.
Vary Archive
During maintenance operations, it is necessary to make
equipment unavailable for use. The vary archive command is
used to disable or enable an entire archive. It can also be used to
enable local manual control of an archive.
Archives can be in one of four states: on-line, off-line,
diagnostic, and unavailable. The on-line,
off-line, and diagnostic states are entered by human
intervention. The on-line state is the normal operational
state. All archive equipment is inoperable and usually awaiting
maintenance during the off-line state. The diagnostic
state is used to allow local manual control of an archive. This
mode is generally used during archive troubleshooting.