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Chapter 9 — 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cartridges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199).
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choosetoeither
stopthestoragemanagementsoftwarefromaccessing
the
librarybeforestartingthediscoveryprocessoryoucan
choose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
DiscoverCartridgesManuallyonpage296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 Before
Auto Discovery
Setthenumberofminutesthatthelibraryneedstobeidle
beforetheMediaAutoDiscoveryprocessbegins.
5minutes
Convert to
Broadcast Hours
DisplaytheMLMcapacityusingabroadcast‐centricmethod
basedonhoursofcontentusedandtotalhoursofcontent
availableinsteadofrawcapacityforallMLM‐enabled
cartridges.SeeConfigureHowStorageCapacityDisplayson
page291fordetailedinformation.
None
(Disabled)
PostScan Blackout
Periods
ConfiguretimeperiodsduringwhichtheautomaticPostScan
processdoesnotoperate.SeeConfigurePostScanBlackout
Periodsonpage 292fordetailedinformation.
Zero(0)
(Disabled)
Select this option... To... Default
Setting