Spectra T50e - MEDIA LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW

Chapter 7—Using Cartridges in the Library Updating the Software Media Inventory
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UPDATING THE SOFTWARE MEDIA INVENTORY
Asyouimport,export,orexchange cartridges,thelibraryreadsthe
barcodelabelsontheindividualcartridgesandautomaticallyupdatesthe
physicalinventorythatitmaintains.Thisprocessdoesnotautomatically
updatethemediainventorymaintainedandusedbythestorage
managementsoftware.
Thestoragemanagementsoftwaremaintainsitsownmediainventory,
whichituseswhenperformingbackup/restoreoperationsandformedia
management.Toavoiderrorswhenthestoragemanagementsoftware
requestsaspecificcartridge,besuretouseyourstoragemanagement
softwaretoupdateitsmediainventorywheneveryouimportcartridges
intoorexport/exchangecartridgesfromastoragepartitionasdescribedin
thischapter.Refertoyoursoftwaredocumentationformoreinformation.