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Deconfiguring Libraries and Drives
The following sections describe the various library operations that can be performed from the CommCell Console. The chapter organization follows the order in which these operations are displayed in the CommCell Console. Keep in mind that a general set of library operations are listed in this chapter. These operation are applicable for tape or optical libraries with barcode readers which are configured as direct-attached libraries, direct-attached shared libraries or libraries configured in a SAN environment. Some of these operations may not be applicable for other types of libraries, such as libraries without barcode readers (blind libraries), stand-alone drives, etc. For specific information on other libraries, refer to the following topics:
Exporting is the process by which you physically remove one or more media from a library.
For comprehensive information on exporting media, see Export Media.
Importing is the process by which you move media that are outside a library into storage slots within the library.
For comprehensive information on importing media, see, Import Media.
When you import a cleaning media, the system automatically assigns it to the cleaning media pool. For comprehensive information on cleaning media, see Cleaning Media.
Before using a new media, the MediaAgent software must collect certain information about it through a process known as discovery.
For comprehensive information on discovering media, see Discover Media.
When you discover cleaning media, the system automatically assigns it to the Cleaning Media pool.
For comprehensive information on discovering media, see Discover Media.
For comprehensive information on cleaning media, see Cleaning Media.
This option allows you to define media locations in bulk.
For comprehensive information ,see Set Media Location.
You can use the Reset command when you wish to unmount all the media mounted in the drives, and reset all the drives so that they are ready for use.
For comprehensive information on Resetting a library see Reset Library.
Use the Mark Library Fixed option, to reset the counters that keep track of library events and bring the library online.
See Library Maintenance Threshold Parameters for information on setting up the threshold values for the library.
For comprehensive information on Marking a Library as Fixed see Mark Library Fixed.
Use this feature to mark all the media in a library or in all the libraries as exported.
For comprehensive information on exporting media, see Export Media.
The ability to update barcodes associated with the media ensures that the data available in the media is accessible.
For comprehensive information on updating barcodes, see Update Media Barcodes.
When this operation is performed at the library level, all the barcodes associated with media in the library is modified. Barcodes associated with the individual media can also be modified by selecting the specific media from the appropriate Media Group in the library.
Full Scan operation identifies the slot location and barcode or media identifier of every media detected within the library.
For comprehensive information on Full Scan Operation, see Full Scan.
Use this option to concurrently start the clean drives operation on several drives. For a detailed discussion on this option and drive cleaning in general, see Drive Cleaning. You can also start the clean drive operation for a specific drive from the drive level.
The erase spare media operation ensures that old data from removable media (tapes and optical platters) are not recoverable once the media is recycled.
For comprehensive information on erasing spare media, see Erase Spare Media.
Operations performed with this feature are recorded in the Audit Trail. See Audit Trail for more information.
The following Media Management Library Management alerts can be configured from the Alerts Wizard:
For more information, see: