Blind Libraries - How To
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Related Topics
Import Media Into a Blind Library
Discover Media in a Blind Library
Perform an Inventory Operation in a Blind Library
Verify Media in a Blind Library
Convert a Blind Library as a Sighted
Library
Create
Automatic Labeling Schemes
Import Media Into a Blind Library
Required Capability: See
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To import media into a
blind library:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the library (or the scratch pool of
the library) into which you want to import media,
and then click Import Media.
- An Import Media prompt appears, advising you to do one of the following:
- If you are importing through a mail slot, insert one or more media into the mail slot
and wait for them to be moved to storage slots. Do not click OK until all of the imported
media have been moved to storage slots.
After all media are transferred to storage slots, click OK in the
Import Media prompt.
- If you are inserting media directly, open the library door, insert media into storage
slots, and then close the door.
Wait for the library to complete the inventory and then click OK in the Import Media prompt.
- A Confirm Dialog prompt asks you whether you wish to perform a quick scan.
- Click Yes to perform a Quick Scan on the library. You can track
the progress of the scan operation in the Job Controller.
- Click No if you do not wish to perform a quick scan. To discover the
media, you must perform either one of the following:
Discover Media in a Blind Library
Required Capability: See
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To discover media
in a blind library:
- From the CommCell Console, right-click the media you wish to discover and
then click Discover Media.
The system attempts to discover the media and reports the success or failure
of the operation in the Event Viewer.
Note that the discover operation is displayed as an inventory job in the Job
Controller window.
Perform an Inventory Operation in a Blind Library
Required Capability: See
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To
perform an inventory in a blind library:
- From the CommCell Console, right-click the blind library for which you wish to
perform an inventory and
then click Inventory.
- From the Inventory Options dialog box,
choose the type of inventory you wish to perform.
- Select the Do Full Scan option if you want the inventory operation
to scan all the library slots.
- Click OK.
You can track the progress of the inventory in the Job Controller window.
Verify Media in a Blind Library
The verify media operation is a type of inventory which must be initiated by
the user. There are two ways to initiate a verify inventory operation:
- You can right-click a media and then choose the Verify Media option.
This operation can be used to verify whether the media information displayed
in the CommCell Console matches the OML in the media.
- You can select the Verify Media option when you export the media or
schedule an export (both from a list or based on a criteria). This option
may be used to verify that the correct media is exported.
A verify inventory operation is displayed as a job in the Job Controller window
and can be killed if necessary.
The verify inventory operation does not discover new media.
Convert a Blind Library as a Sighted Library
To
convert a blind library as a sighted library:
- From the CommCell Console,
update the media barcodes in the library.
See
Update the Barcode Associated with a Specific Media
for step-by-step instructions.
- Identify the Storage Policy Copies associated with the blind library.
See
View the Storage Policies Accessing a Library
for step-by-step instructions.
- Mark all active media associated with these Storage Policy Copies as
full. This is an important step and must not be skipped.
See
Mark the Active Media of a Storage Policy Copy Full for step-by-step
instructions.
- Deconfigure the library.
See
Deconfigure Libraries for step-by-step instructions.
- Configure the library as a sighted library.
See
Configure Devices for step-by-step instructions.
- Right-click the primary copy associated with the library, and click
Properties. From the Data Paths tab, choose the Use preferred datapath
option.
- Add the new data path as described in
Add a Data Path to a Storage Policy Copy.
Create Automatic Labeling Schemes
Related Topic
Required Capability: See
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To
create automatic labeling schemes for stand-alone drives:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the library for which you wish to
create the labeling schemes and
then click Properties.
- Click the Media tab.
- From the Barcode Labeling Scheme region, select the label and then
click Add Token. The selected label is displayed in the box at the
bottom of the region.
- Click OK to save the changes.