Spectra T950 - Updating the Software Media Inventory

Chapter 7 — Importing and Exporting Cartridges Updating the Software Media Inventory
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3. Ifyouimportedmagazinesintoapartition’sstoragepoolorexported
magazinesfromapartition’sstoragepool,besuretouseyourstorage
managementsoftwaretoupdateitsmediainventoryaftercompleting
theexport(seeUpdatingtheSoftwareMediaInventory).
UPDATING THE SOFTWARE MEDIA INVENTORY
Asthelibraryimportsmagazines,itreadsthebarcodelabelsonthe
individualcartridgesandthemagazines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’sstoragepool
asdescribedinthischapter.Refertoyoursoftwaredocumentationfor
moreinformation.