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 eject a tape, or eject a drive. Eject command is enabled only for tapes that are in drives or for drives with loaded tapes.

To eject a tape:

1. Open the Tape Infrastructure view.
2. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under 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 select Eject tape.

To eject a drive:

1. Open the Tape Infrastructure view.
2. Navigate to 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 select Eject.