VERITAS NetBackupTM 5.0, User Manual And Product Specifications

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Overview of Robot Inventory Operations
152 NetBackup Media Manager System Administrator’s Guide for Windows
For detailed instructions, see “Showing the Contents of a Robot” on page 155.
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Compare contents with volume configuration
Compares the contents of a robotic library with the contents of the Media Manager
volume database. Regardless of the result the volume database is not changed. For
robots without barcode readers and also containing media with barcodes, this
operation is useful for determining if volumes have been physically moved within a
robot.
For detailed instructions, see “Comparing Robot Contents with the Volume
Configuration” on page 158.
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Update volume configuration
Inventories the selected robotic library and compares the results with the contents of
the Media Manager volume database. If there are differences, Media Manager updates
the volume database to match the contents of the robot.
For detailed instructions, see “Procedure To Update the Volume Configuration” on
page 163.
If you select Update volume configuration, you also have the following capabilities
available:
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Advanced Options
If you select Advanced Options ..., you have the following additional update
capabilities available. (If the option is not applicable for a particular robotic
library, the tab is not available.)
Media Settings
You can specify the volume group for existing media and specify media options
for new media.
Barcode Rules
A barcode rule specifies criteria for assigning attributes to new robotic volumes.
The attributes are assigned according to the barcode label that is read by the
robotic library.
Media ID Generation
Using media ID generation rules allows you to override the default Media
Manager media ID naming method. The default method uses the last six
characters of the barcode to generate the media ID.
API robot. Shows a list of volumes found in the robot.
Type of Robot Report Contents