Export Media From a List

Media can be selected from a list of media and exported. This is useful when you wish to export several media at the same time and know either the media's barcode, or slot number in which the media resides. This task can be performed from the following levels in the CommCell Console:

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To export media from a list:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click one of the following from which you want to export media, and then click Export Media.
   • Media List dialog box which appears when you select the View Media option that appears when you right-click a Storage Policy copy.
2. From the Export Media List dialog box, select one or more media that you want to export from the Select Media to be Exported list.
3. If the library is a blind library, select the Verify Media option. When you select this option, the On Media Label (OML) in the media is checked to ensure that the Unique ID matches the Unique ID of the selected media. The media is exported only if the verification is successful.
4. You can enter an optional comment about the location to which you are moving the media (e.g., Shelf 26 in Storage Room) in the Outside storage location field.

   The location field is for display purposes only, to help you keep track of exported media.

5. Click OK.
6. An Export Media prompt appears, prompting you remove the media. Do one of the following:
   • If you are exporting through a mail slot, click OK, wait for the media to be moved to the mail slot, and then remove them from the library. If you are exporting multiple media, they will be delivered to the mail slot one by one until all have been exported.
   • If you are removing media directly, click OK, open the library door, remove the media that you want to export, and then close the door.

     In the case of a bulk export (multiple media), some libraries require that you open the mail slot and remove each media individually, as it is delivered. This is true even if the mail slot can hold multiple media. If your library has this requirement and you fail to remove a media within the export media timeout period, the operation times out (i.e., the operation is terminated and a message is sent to the Event Log reporting the failure).