Spectra T50e - Using PreScan

Chapter 8—Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle Management Using Media Lifecycle Management
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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Haveanexistinglibrarywith
themostcurrentversionof
BlueScaleinstalled.Cartridges
arealreadyimportedintothe
library,butyoujustrecently
enabledMLM,
1. Ifyouwanttodetectanynon‐MLM‐enabledcartridgesbeing
imported,temporarilyenablethealertontheMLMSettings
screen(see
EnableAlertsforNon‐CertifiedMediaonpage237).
Thealertisdisabledbydefault.
2. Ifdesired,enablePreScan(seeUsingPreScanonpage245).
3. Discoverthecartridgesinthelibraryusingoneofthefollowing
methods:
 Importnewcartridgesintothepartitiontotriggertheautomatic
discoveryprocess.IfyoudonothavePreScanenabled,the
discoveryprocessonlycheckscartridgesthatarenotalreadyin
theMLMdatabase.IfPreScanisenabled,allofthecartridgesin
thepartitionareprocessed,regardlessofwhetherornot
they
arealreadyintheMLMdatabase.
 Ifyoudonotwanttowaituntilyouimportnewcartridgesto
havethecartridgesalreadyinthelibraryaddedtotheMLM
database,manuallystartthediscoveryprocess(see
Initiate
MediaDiscoveryManuallyonpage243).
 Useyourstoragemanagementsoftwaretoloadeachcartridge
intoanLTO‐4orlatergenerationdriveandthenunloadit.
 LetthelibraryupdatetheMLMdatabaseaspartofnormal
operation.Theinformationforeachcartridgeisaddedtothe
MLMdatabasethefirsttimethecartridgeisloadedintoand
thenunloadedfromanLTO‐4orlatergenerationdrive.
4. Whentheinitialdiscoveryprocessiscomplete,disablethealert
aboutnon‐MLM‐enabledmedia,ifdesired.
5. Toroutinelyverifythereadabilityofthecartridges,configure
PostScanforeachpartitioninthelibrary(see
UsingPostScanon
page247).
If you... Do this to add the cartridges to the MLM database...