Stand-Alone Drives - How To

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Media Labeling in Stand-Alone Drives

• Create Automatic Labeling Schemes
• Manually Add Media Identifiers (Stamp Media)

Detecting Media Changes in Stand-Alone Drives

• Setup Automatic Checking of Media
• Verify Media
• Enable (or Disable) Automatic Use of Spare Media from Different Scratch Pools
• Enable (or Disable) Unloading of Media from a Stand-alone Drive when Different Media is Required

Other Options

• Enable (or Disable) Media Related Pop-Ups in the CommCell Console
• Modify the Unmount Time for Inactive Media in the Drive
• Modify the Barcode and Location for a Media Associated with a Stand-Alone Drive

Create Automatic Labeling Schemes

Related Topic

• Automatic Labeling Schemes

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To create automatic labeling schemes for stand-alone drives:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the library for which you wish to create the labeling schemes and then click Properties.
2. Click the Media tab.
3. 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.
4. Click OK to save the changes.

Add Media Identifiers (Stamp Media)

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To add media identifiers for media associated with stand-alone drives:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the library (stand-alone drive or PnP drive) for which you wish to add the identifiers, and then click Stamp Media.
2. In the Stamp Media dialog box specify whether the labeling scheme should be used or enter the barcode number or a unique identifier for the media.
3. Click OK.

   The media is listed in the Default Scratch pool.

Setup Automatic Checking of Media

Related Topic

• Setting-Up Automatic Labeling Schemes

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To setup automatic checking of media in stand-alone drives:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the library for which you wish to modify this parameter and then click Properties.
2. Click the Drive tab.
3. Click on Check for media change in drive every n minute(s) option and specify the minutes.
4. Click OK to save the changes.

Verify Media

Related Topic

• Detecting Media Changes in Stand-Alone Drives

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To verify media in stand-alone drives:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the media in the stand-alone drive and then click Verify Media.
2. The system verifies the media and then displays the media information in the Verify Media dialog box. Click OK to close the dialog box.

Enable (or Disable) Automatic Use of Spare Media from Different Scratch Pools

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To enable (or disable) automatic use of spare media from different scratch pools:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the library for which you wish to enable or disable this option then click Properties.
2. Click the Media tab.
3. Select the Automatically use spare media from different scratch pool if found in drive to enable the option, or clear the option to disable it.
4. Click OK to save the changes.

Enable (or Disable) Unloading of Media From a Stand-Alone Drive When Different Media is Required

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To enable (or disable) unloading of media from a stand-alone drive when different media is required:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the library for which you wish to enable or disable this option then click Properties.
2. Click the Media tab.
3. Select the Unload media in standalone drive when different media is required to enable the option, or clear the option to disable it.
4. Click OK to save the changes.

Enable (or Disable) Media Related Pop-Ups in the CommCell Console

Related Topics:

• Pop-up Messages in Stand-Alone Drives

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To enable (or disable) media related pop-ups in the CommCell Console:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the library for which you wish to enable or disable the pop-ups then click Properties.
2. Click the Media tab.
3. Click on Show Media related pop-up messages on CommCell Console to enable the option, or clear the option to disable it.
4. Click OK to save the changes.

Modify the Unmount Time for Inactive Media in the Drive

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To modify the unmount time for inactive media in the drive:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the library for which you wish to modify the unmount time for inactive media in the drive, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Media Usage tab.
3. From the Unmount Media from the drive after (n) Minutes/Hours of inactivity box, type the unmount time that you wish to establish and then choose minutes or hours.
4. Click OK to save the changes.

Modify the Barcode and Location for a Media Associated with a Stand-Alone Drive

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To modify the barcode and location for a media associated with a stand-alone drive

1. From the CommCell Browser, click on Exported Media or Assigned Media group associated with a stand-alone drive in which the media is available. All the media existing in the stand-alone drive are displayed on the right-pane of the CommCell browser
2. Right-click the media for which you want to modify the properties, and then click Properties.
3. In the Barcode/ Identifier box, type a new barcode/identifier for the media.
4. In the Location box, type the location in which the media is stored.
5. Click OK to save the changes.