Spectra T950 - Verify the Database Backup File; Delete MLM Records from the Database

Chapter 9 — Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle Management Managing the MLM Database
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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Verify the Database Backup File
AfterbackinguptheMLMdatabase,useoneoftheproceduresinthe
followingtabletoconfirmthatthebackupfilewasgenerated.
Delete MLM Records From the Database
WhenthemaximumnumberofrecordsfortheMLMdatabaseisreached,
therecordfortheleastrecentlyexportedcartridge,asdeterminedbythe
ExportDatetrackedbyMLM,isautomaticallydeleted.Thelibrarydoes
notnotifyyouwhenitreachesthemaximumnumberofrecords.
If the backup was... Follow these steps...
Saved to a USB
Device
1. PlugtheUSBdeviceintoaPC.ThePCdoesnotneedtobeconnectedtothe
library.
2. ExaminethelistoffilesontheUSBdeviceandlocatetheSavedMLMDB
folder.
3. Openthefoldertoverifythatitcontainsthefollowingfile,where<date-
time>isthetimestampforwhenthebackupwascreated:
 SpectraPC—cminfo_<date-time>.dat
— OR —
 SpectraLS—xmlinfo<date-time>.db
— OR —
 Zippedfile—cminfo_<date-time>.zdt
(ThezipfilenameisthesameforboththeSpectraPCandtheSpectraLS.)
4. Verifythatthefileismorethan0bytesinsize.
5. Ifafilewiththecorrectfilenameformatispresentandismorethan0bytesin
size,thedatabasebackupwassuccessfulandthefileisusable.StoretheUSB
deviceinasafelocation.
6. IftheMLMdatabasefileisnotpresentorifitis0bytesinsize,repeatthe
backupprocess(
BackUptheMLMandDLMDatabasesonpage316)usinga
differentUSBdevice.
Sent as an Email
Attachment
1. Opentheemailattachmentandverifythat:
 Theattachmentcontainsazipfilecalled
cminfo_<date-time>.zdt
— AND —
 Thefileismorethan0bytesinsize.
2. Ifthezipfileispresentandismorethan0bytesinsize,thebackupwas
successfulandisusable.Savetheemailattachmenttoasafelocationfrom
whichyoucancopyittoaUSBdevice,ifneeded.
3. Ifthezipfileisnotpresentorifitis0bytesinsize,repeatthebackupprocess
(
BackUptheMLMandDLMDatabasesonpage316)togeneratetheemail
again.