Actions on volumes

Depending on the status of a volume, different sets of actions can be performed on a volume.

Volume is offline

Cancel Operation
Restore Index and Entries only
Restore Volume from DVD/CD
Set Path for Offline Volume
Set Volume Online
Set Index of Volume Online
Rebuild Index Volume - Only for Index Volumes
Update

Volume is online and TC/ARCHIVE does not support immediate DVD/CD writing

Cancel Operation
Prepare File for DVD/CD Creation
Make DVD/CD
Verify DVD/CD only
Verify DVD/CD and Increment DVD/CD Count
Remove File for DVD/CD Creation
Set Volume Off-Line
Set Index of Volume On-Line
Set File Error
Update

Only Index is Online

Cancel Operation
Prepare File for DVD/CD Creation
Make DVD/CD
Verify DVD/CD only
Verify DVD/CD and Increment DVD/CD Count
Remove File for DVD/CD Creation
Set Volume Offline
Set Volume Online
Set File Error
Update

Volume is online and TC/ARCHIVE supports immediate CD writing

Cancel Operation
Write DVD/CD Scheduled
Write DVD/CD Immediately
Verify DVD/CD only
Set Volume Offline
Set File Error
Set Index of Volume Online
Update

The following table lists the description of each action. For more details on actions, refer to the TC/Archive Technical Manual.

Action	Description
Prepare File For DVD/CD Creation	Prepares a temporary file for an ‘Online’ volume to create a DVD/CD. If the status of a volume is ‘Online, Open’, this action is deferred until the status of the volume changes to ‘Online’. A path in the form \\pcname\sharename can be specified for the temporary file. If no path is specified, the file is created on the Archive server.
Make DVD/CD	Once the temporary file of a volume is ready this action starts the DVD/CD writer software specified in the path field, such as c:\apps\winoncd\winoncd.exe.
Verify DVD/CD Only	If the DVD/CD is ready, this action verifies the DVD/CD. If the action is successful, the Result column displays OK. This verification is different from verifying a DVD/CD only with the DVD/CD writer software used to create the DVD/CD, because this action checks the DVD/CD against the original data and not against the temporary file. The Path field must contain the path to the DVD/CD in the \\pcname\sharename format.
Verify And Increment DVD/CD Count	Performs the same action as "Verify DVD/CD Only" and increments the ‘DVD/CDs written’ count for one.
Remove File For DVD/CD Creation	Deletes the temporary file created for DVD/CD creation. If a path in the \\pcname\sharename form is specified, and the Archive server tries to find the temporary file in this directory and deletes it. If the temporary files are created on the Archive server, this action is important to free up disk space on the Archive server.
Cancel	Allows canceling a selected operation as long as the server did not start with the operation. If canceling is successful Last Action is blank and the Result column displays ‘None’.
Restore index only	If an Archive has to be rebuilt from DVDs/CDs, the online index is restored by restoring index volumes from DVD/CD, using the normal “Restore volume from DVD/CD”. If some of the most recent volumes are not yet included in an index volume and cannot be restored fully because of limited online disk space, use this function to restore those volumes partially.
Write DVD/CD scheduled	Starts writing the selected volume on DVD/CD at the time specified on the TC/ARCHIVE server. You can specify the schedule using the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TOPCALL\TCARCH\NetworkStorage\Schedule
Write DVD/CD immediately	Starts writing the selected volume on DVD/CD immediately.
Set volume offline	Sets the volume offline.
Set volume online	Sets the volume online.
Set index of volume online	Sets the index and the entries online.
Set file error	When restoring an Archive from DVDs/CDs, if a single DVD/CD is missing from the intended online range, this volume may be set “on-line” (although the database files of this volume are not on disk). A file error flag is set for this volume. This volume is skipped during any search, and the search through the complete online range does not stop at the missing volume.
Rebuild index volume	Is used to rebuild an index volume, such as, in case when an Archive has to be restored from DVDs/CDs and the DVDs/CD of the index volume was lost.
Update	Updates the volume and reset the Pending Updates column. See Update volumes in Archive Server.