Ejecting Tapes

Ejecting moves the tape that is currently in drive to a library slot. The tape stays in the library and is online. Ejecting prevents tapes, for example, from being occasionally overwritten.

You can select a tape to eject, or select a drive and eject the tape from it. Eject command is enabled only for tapes that are in drives or for drives with loaded tapes.

To eject a tape from a drive:

1. Open the Tape Infrastructure view.
2. Navigate to the list of tapes either under the Media Pools or under the Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online.
3. Select a tape located in drive that you want to eject and click Eject on the ribbon. Alternatively, you can right-click selected tape and choose Eject Tape.

To eject a tape from a drive:

1. Open the Tape Infrastructure view.
2. Navigate to the Libraries > LibraryName node > Drives.
3. Select a drive from where you want to eject the tape and click Eject Tape on the ribbon. Alternatively, you can right-click selected tape and choose Eject.