Chapter 9 — Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle Management Using PostScan
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Request a Manual PostScan
TheautomaticPostScantriggersonlyaddMLM‐enableddatacartridgesto
thePostScanqueue.However,cartridgescanalsobeaddedtothePostScan
queuemanually.Thisisespeciallyusefulifyourlibrarycontainscartridges
thatarenotMLM‐enabled.YoucanalsousethemanualPostScanprocess
toverifyasuspect
MLM‐enabledcartridgeevenifitwaspreviously
scanned.
CartridgesthataremanuallyaddedtothePostScanqueueareprocessed
beforecartridgesthatwereaddedasaresultofthetriggercriteriaforthe
partition.TheyareprocessedusingthePostScanoptionthatwasspecified
forthepartition.
UsethefollowingstepstomanuallystartthePostScanprocess.
1. EnableMediaLifecycleManagementifitisnotalreadyenabled(see
EnablingMLMandConfiguringGlobalSettingsonpage287).
2. Fromthetoolbarmenu,selectMaintenance > MLM.TheMedia
LifecycleManagementToolsscreendisplays.
Figure 182 Click Manual PostScan on the MLM Tools screen.