Spectra T950 - BACKING UP THE LIBRARY CONFIGURATION

Chapter 4 — Configuring the Library Backing Up the Library Configuration
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5. SelecttheMail Toemailaddresstouseforsendingnotifications.
Onlypreviouslyconfiguredmailrecipientsarelisted.Tosendthe
notificationtosomeonewhoisnotalreadylistedasalibraryuser,you
mustfirstconfigurethatpersonasanemailrecipient(seeConfigure
MailUsersonpage118).
6. ClickSave.
BACKING UP THE LIBRARY CONFIGURATION
Overview Keepingvalidbackupcopiesofyourlibrary’sconfiguration,the
MLMandDLMdatabases,andBlueScaleencryptionkeysensuresthatyou
caneasilyrestorethelibraryintheeventofadisaster.Havingabackupof
thelibrary’sconfigurationisalsoextremelyusefulifproblemsrequireyou
toreplacetheLCMorthememorycardintheLCM.Afterthereplacement
procedureiscomplete,youcanusethesavedconfigurationtorestorethe
library’ssettings,includingthepartitions,insteadofhavingtomanually
re‐enteralloftheinformation.
Note: IftheMLMdatabasecontainsalargenumberofMLMandDLM
records,generatingtheAutoConfigurationSavefilecantake
severalminutes.
Options Thelibraryprovidestwomethodsforbackinguptheconfiguration:
 Automatic—SeeUseAutomaticBackupoftheLibraryConfiguration
onpage146.
 Manual—SeeUseManualBackupoftheLibraryConfigurationon
page146.
Ifyouhavevalidbackupsofthelibrary’sconfigurationandMLM
database,youcanusethemtorestorethelibrary(see
RestoringtheLibrary
Configurationonpage384).
SeeBackUpandProtecttheLibraryMetadataonpage505foradditional
informationaboutbackingupthelibrary’sconfigurationinformation,the
MLMdatabase,theDLMdatabase,andanyBlueScaleencryptionkeys.
Important
Backing up the library configuration also backs up any BlueScale encryption keys
that are stored in the library at the time the file is created.
Important
The backup configuration can only be used to restore the library that generated the
backup. The configuration is tied to the Hardware ID of the library and cannot be
transferred to another library.