1. User's Guide
  2. Understanding STA Data
  3. Understand How STA Handles Changes to the Tape Environment
  4. What Happens to Data When Libraries Are Removed

What Happens to Data When Libraries Are Removed

If you remove a library from the tape library environment, STA hides any data related to the library and hides resources within the library.

Once you remove a library:

  • STA no longer collects data from the library, and you can delete the STA server trap recipient from the library SNMP configuration.
  • The Libraries Overview and Complexes Overview screens no longer display the library.
  • The Drives and Media screens no longer show drives and media that were in the library.
  • The Exchanges Overview and Drive Cleanings Overview screens no longer display exchanges and cleaning activities that have occurred in the library.
  • The Drives Messages, Media Messages, and All Messages Overview screens no longer show messages for the library and its drives and media.
  • Pending STA media validation requests remain in the validation request queue until you explicitly cancel them. See Cancel In-Progress or Pending Media Validation Requests for details

Although the library data is removed from the user interface screens, it is never removed from the STA data store. If you later restore a connection to the library, all existing library data is made available on the STA screens again.