Erasing Specific Spare Media Marked as Erasable

Run the Erase Spare Media operation on a specific spare media in a tape library that is marked as erasable.

Procedure

1. From the CommCell Browser, expand Storage Resources | Libraries | <library> | Media By Groups | <Scratch Pool>.

2. Right-click the appropriate media, point to Options and then click Erase Media.

3. Choose how you want to erase the media:

   • To mark the contents of the media as unrecoverable, click Quick Erase.

     After the media is erased, the OML (On-Media-Label) is overwritten by a new OML when the media are recycled.

   • To physically erase the entire media, click Full Erase.

     Full Erase is a time-intensive process, and may take longer than Quick Erase to erase the spare media depending on the size of the tape.

4. Click OK.

   A message confirms if you want to erase the media.

5. Click Yes to run the erase media operation.