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Chapter 8—Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle Management Enabling MLM and Configuring Global
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4. ClickSavetoenabletheselectedMLMfeatures.
Enable Media Auto
Discovery
EnabletheMediaAutoDiscoveryfeature.
MediaAutoDiscoverymustbeenabledbeforethelibrary
proactivelydiscoversnewlyimportedLTOcartri dgesand
addsthemtotheMLMdatabase.
IfyouenablePreScanforthepartition,theMediaAuto
DiscoveryprocessisreplacedbythemoreindepthPreScan
processforthatpartition(see
EnableandConfigureMLM
PreScanandPostScanonpage177).
Requirements
 MediaLifecycleManagementmustbeenabled.
 Allcartridgesmusthavebarcodelabels.
Notes:
 TheMediaAutoDiscoveryprocessidentifiesMLM‐enabled
cartridgesaswellasthosethatarenotMLM‐enabled.
 TheMediaAutoDiscoveryprocessmaybeaffectedbyyour
storagemanagementsoftware.Inaddition,softwarethat
pollsthedrivesonaregularbasisisaffectedbythe
discoveryprocess.Ifyouencounterinteractionswithyour
storagemanagementsoftware,youcanselecttoeitherstop
thestoragemanagementsoftwarefromaccessing
the
librarybeforestartingthediscoveryprocessoryoucan
selectnottouseMediaAutoDiscovery.
 IfyoudonotenableMediaAutoDiscovery,youcanstart
thediscoveryprocessforaspecificpartitionmanually.See
InitiateMediaDiscoveryManuallyonpage243for
instructions.
—OR—
Youcanletthelibrarydiscovercartridgesandaddthemto
theMLMdatabasethefirsttimetheyareloadedand
unloadedfromanMLM‐enableddriveduringnormal
operations.
Cleared
(Disabled)
Minimum Idle
Minutes
Setthenumberofminutesthatthelibraryneedstobeidle
beforetheMediaAutoDiscoveryorPreScanprocessbegins.
5minutes
PostScan Blackout
Periods
ConfiguretimeperiodsduringwhichtheautomaticPostScan
processdoesnotoperate.See
ConfigurePostScanBlackout
Periodsonpage239fordetailedinformation.
Zero(0)
(Disabled)
Select this option... To... Default
Setting