Renaming

When a new tape is detected by the software, it is automatically assigned a name in the following format: Tape XXX, where XXX is a unique number. Tapes are numbered sequentially. The renaming operation allows you to manually change the name of a tape.

To rename tapes:

  1. Click Settings > Tape management.
  2. Select the machine or the storage node to which your tape device is attached, and then click Tape pools under this machine.
  3. Click the pool that contains the necessary tape, and then select the required tape.
  4. Click Rename.
  5. Type the new name of the selected tape.
  6. Click Rename to save the changes.