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Chapter 8—Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle Management Media Lifecycle Management Overview
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Enable and Configure PreScan and PostScan BothPreScanandPostScan
areenabledandconfiguredaspartofthepartitioncreationprocess,as
describedinEnableandConfigureMLMPreScan andPostScanon
page177.Duringconfigurationyousetthescanningfrequencyandselect
thetypesofscanyouwanttouse.
Using PreScan and PostScan Refertothefollowingsectionsfordetailed
informationaboutusingthePreScanandPostScanfeatures:
PreScan and PostScan System Messages BothPreScanandPostScan
generatesystemmessagesaspossibleerrorconditionsaredetected(for
example,abrokenleaderoramediaerror).Themessagesindicatethatthe
errorconditionwasdetectedbythePreScanorPostScanprocessandnot
duringnormaloperation.
Interaction with Move Requests Ifahostrequestsamovewhilea
cartridgeisbeingscannedusingoneofthepartitiondrives(PreScanor
QuickScan),themoveisdelayeduntilthescancompletesandthecartridge
isreturnedtoitsslot.
Background Operations Toprotectyouagainstmakingchangesthatcould
negativelyimpactthelibrary’soperation,theBlueScalesoftware
automaticallypreventsyoufromperformingcertainoperationswhilethe
libraryisperformingbackgroundoperations,includingMediaAuto
Discovery,PreScan,orPostScan.
 Youcannotimportorexportcartridgeswhilethelibraryisrunninga
MediaAutoDiscoveryorPreScanoperation,norcanyouusethe
BlueScaleuserinterfacetomovecartridgesfromonelocationto
anotherinthelibrary.Ifyoucannotwaitfortheoperationtocomplete,
youcanstopMediaAutoDiscoveryorPreScanandthenmanuallystart
itatanothertime(StoptheDiscoveryProcessonpage245).
 Youcannotperformanyofthefollowingoperationswhileeithera
FullScanoraQuickScanthatusesGlobalSparedrivesisrunningina
partition.
 Importcartridgesintoorexportcartridgesfromthelibrary
 UsetheBlueScaleuserinterfacetomoveacartridgefromone
locationtoanother
 UsetheGlobalSparedrivebeingusedbyPostScantoreplacea
malfunctioningdriveinthepartition
 Changethelibraryconfigurationsettings
For information about... See this section...
UsagerequirementsforPreScan. UsingPreScanonpage245
UsagerequirementsforPostScananddetailedinformationabouthow
theQuickScanand FullScanoption sinthePostScanfeatureoperate.
Thissectionalsoprovidesinstructionsformanuallyaddingatapetothe
PostScanqueueandpausingthecurren tlyrunningPostScanprocess.
UsingPostScanonpage247