Tools > Storage Manager Overview

The Tools > Storage Manager menu contains options that enable you to perform the following Storage Manager-related tasks:

Task Description

Tools > Storage Manager > Storage Components

View your system's libraries, storage disks, and tape drives, and place those devices online or offline.

Tools > Storage Manager > Drive Pools

View, add, edit, or delete drive pools (groups of tape drives allocated for various administrator-defined storage tasks).

Tools > Storage Manager > Media Actions

Perform various actions on the storage media in your library.

Tools > Storage Manager > Storage Exclusions

Specify file names to exclude from StorNext Storage Manager.

Tools > Storage Manager > Truncation Exclusions

Specify file paths to exclude from the truncation process.

Tools > Storage Manager > Tape Consolidation

Enter parameters for automatically consolidating space on tape media.

Tools > Storage Manager > Library Operator Interface

The StorNext Library Operator Interface allows you to perform media-related actions remotely from the library.

Tools > Storage Manager > Software Requests

View current software requests in progress or cancel a request.

Tools > Storage Manager > Scheduler

Schedule tasks to run automatically based on a specified schedule.

Tools > Storage Manager > Alternate Store and Retrieval Location

Alternate Retrieval Location allows you to specify a remote retrieval location to use in situations where files stored on tape or a storage disk cannot be accessed.

Alternate Store Location provides an automatic system for copying files from a main instance of StorNext to a remote instance of StorNext at the same time as copies are made to tertiary storage at the main site.

Tools > Storage Manager > Drive Replacement

Allows you to update the drive serial number mappings.

Tools > Storage Manager > Client-side Encryption

Reports and manages the master keys used for client side encryption.

Tools > Storage Manager > System Parameters

Allows you to set and modify StorNext system parameters.