Chapter 7: Status
VTL Status
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Data after reduction is divided into the following categories:
Category Description
Total Reduction Ratio The total reduction ratio of all data that has been processed by the data
deduplication and compression engines (Data Before Reduction divided by Data
After Reduction).
Deduplication Ratio The deduplication ratio of all data that has been processed by the data
deduplication engine.
Compression Ratio The compression ratio of all data that has been processed by the compression
engine.
VTL Status
The VTL Status page allows you to view information about virtual tape library (VTL) components, including
tape drives, storage slots, and cartridges. You can view a physical or logical representation of VTL
components, or view VTL performance statistics.
Note: For information about creating VTLs, see Adding a VTL Partition on page 209.
To access the VTL Status page, click the Status menu, and then click the VTL tab.
The VTL Status page contains the following tabs:
Physical View
The Physical View page allows you to view a physical representation of the virtual components in a VTL.
You can view information about virtual tapes drives, storage slots, and cartridges.
To access the Physical View page, on the VTL Status page, click the Physical View tab (see Figure 111
on the next page).