Archive Control Area

Figure 1. Archive Control Area

The archive control area lets you select the archive device commands and check status information.

Commands

Select Commands to show the following tape commands:

  • Mount a disk or tape.
  • Unmount a disk or tape.
  • Stop the current operation.
  • Record a product file to archive.
  • Retrieve a product file from the archive and copy it to disk.
  • Inventory the product files on the archive.

Status

Status shows the current status of the archive drive and should correspond to the command request. The status entries are:

  • Rewind (for tape)

    The tape is rewinding, for example:

    • The user issues the Unmount command.
    • IRIS is positioning the tape for a Retrieve operation.
    • IRIS has filled a tape during a Record operation.

  • Writing

    The tape or disk is being recorded.

  • Scanning

    The tape is being mounted or an inventory is being created. Scanning is also displayed while the tape is positioning for a Retrieve or Record operation.

  • Reading

    The drive is in the process of retrieving a file.

  • Idle

    The drive is not doing anything, that is, the user did not issue a command, or the last command was completed.

  • Off Line

    The specified drive is not online. No archive operation can be performed until this problem is corrected. You may need to insert the medium or push a load button. See the drive manual.

  • Unavailable

    The drive is being used by someone else, it is broken or not installed.

  • Released

    IRIS is not currently attached to the drive. The drive is free to be used by IRIS or other processes.

  • Full

    The medium is full, an EOT or disk full was encountered during a Record operation. To continue recording, the medium must be unmounted, a new medium mounted and Record must be invoked again.

  • BOT (tape)

    Beginning of tape, a new tape has been inserted into the drive and is ready to be mounted. This status also appears after a Rewind is done.

  • EOT (tape)

    End of Tape, IRIS has encountered the end of tape. Usually IRIS rewinds the tape automatically, so the message is replaced by Rewind.

Up to 3 status indicators can appear together in the Status field. For example, if a Record process fills the tape, the tape is rewound and sits idle until the operator changes tapes or issues another command, the Status field indicates the following:

Idle BOT Full

If the tape is being scanned to create an inventory, the status field displays the following:

Scanning

When a record process currently has nothing to do, the status displays:.

Idle

If new product files tagged for archive (in the Product Output menu) become available, they are recorded automatically.

When the Mount command is completed and the tape is at the beginning awaiting commands, the Status field displays:

Idle BOT

Archive ID

Identifies the unique name assigned to the tape or disk when it was initialized.

The first 3 characters are the IRIS site ID for the site where the medium was initialized, followed by the date on which the medium was initialized. The final 3 characters are a unique random code.

Write

Write shows whether the write protection for the tape or disk is set.

  • On means that IRIS can write on the medium.

  • Off means that IRIS cannot write on the medium.

The message appears after a Mount command is issued.

Filter Menu Commands

Site

Enter a site ID to select data from only one radar site or enter the wildcard character to select data from all sites.

Select Site to show a list of known sites. The contents of this list depend on the sites that are configured in the Setup utility.

Type

Enter a product type in this field to select products of only one type, or enter the wildcard character to select products of all types.

You can also select from a list of types with data files.

Product Name

Enter the name of a product to narrow the list down to products having that name.

You can include wildcard characters in the product name. A question mark (?) matches any single character; an asterisk (*) matches any sequence of zero or more characters.

TASK

Enter the name of a task to filter for products generated by a specific task.

You can include wildcard characters in the task name.

For example, entering a product name of *PPI*_? selects all hybrid tasks that have PPI somewhere in their names.

Scan
Enter a scan type in this field to select products of only one type, enter the wildcard character to select products of all types, or select from a list of types.
From, To

Enter a range of hours to filter products by time of day.

You can also select from a list of ranges.

Day, Month, Year

Enter a day, month. or year to filter products by date.

You can also select from a list of values.

Files
Control how many files to include in the list.
Max
Control how many products to include in the list. "*" means apply no limit. All IRIS scrolled lists are capped at 1000.
Apply
Select Apply to update the product list, based on your selection criteria.
Grab
If you have selected a product, select Grab to insert the product's site, type, product name, task, and date information in the filter fields.
All Wild
Select All Wild to return all the fields to the wildcard character.
Wild Time
Select Wild Time to change only the hours, month, day, and year fields to the wildcard character.

Select Commands to show operations you can perform on the files from the Filter menu:

  • Retrieve marks all selected files for retrieval.

  • Cancel unmarks all selected files.

Filter Menu Start List At

The Archive log listing can contain several hundred files. Use the Start List At option to start the list at a selected file.

You can select a starting number from a menu or enter a number directly into the field. This is convenient for tapes that are in chronological order.