Discover Media - How To

Discover Media from the CommCell Console

You can use the following procedure to:

To discover media within a library:

From the CommCell Browser, right-click the library whose media you want to discover, and then click Discover Media.
If one or more new media are discovered, the system displays the Discover New Media dialog box and prompts you for media information.
Select the hardware type of the new media from the New Media Type list and the scratch pool to which you want the media assigned from the Destination Scratch Pool list.
The total number of undiscovered media available in the library is displayed in the No. of media in Free Media Pool field. Specify the number of media you would like to discover in the No. of media to be discovered field.
Click OK.

You can also discover the media from the Library and Drive Configuration window. See Discover Media from the Library and Drive Configuration Window for more information.

To discover a specific media within a library:

From the CommCell Browser, locate the library whose media you want to discover in the Libraries level.
Navigate to the Media in Library pool.
All the media available in the library is displayed in the right-pane of the CommCell Console.

Right-click the (undiscovered) media and then click Discover.
From the Discover New Media dialog box, select the Media Type and Scratch Pool to which the media must be moved.
Click OK.

The media is discovered and assigned to the specified scratch pool.

To discover media within a library:

Display the Library and Drive Configuration window.
Right-click the library whose media you want to discover, and then click Discover Media.
From the Discover New Media dialog box, enter the necessary information.
Click OK.
The system displays a warning message advising you to move the cleaning media to the Cleaning Media Pool. Click OK.
If new media are discovered, they are assigned to the designated scratch pool. Otherwise, a message appears informing you that no new media were found.

You can also discover the media from the CommCell Console. See Discovering Media from the CommCell Console for more information.

To discover media within a library:

To enable automatic media discovery:

From the CommCell Browser, right-click the library for which you wish to enable automatic media discovery, and then click Properties.
Click the Media Usage tab.
From the Auto-Discovery of Media region, click Enable Auto-Discovery of Media into default scratch pool option. (Clear this check box to disable this option.)
Select the default media type available in the library from the Default Media Type list.
Note that the media available in a library must be compatible with the drives attached to the library.
Click OK to save the changes.
When you subsequently import media, the imported media is automatically moved to the default scratch pool.

To discover cleaning media within a library

From the CommCell Browser, right-click the library in which you want to discover cleaning media, and then click Discover Cleaning Media from the short-cut menu.
In the Discover Cleaning Media dialog box that appears, select the hardware type of the new media from the Cleaning Media Type list and the scratch pool to which you want the media assigned from the Destination Cleaning Media Pool list. Enter the number of media you want to import in No. of media to be discovered box.
Click OK.
The newly imported cleaning media is displayed in the Cleaning Media pool.

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.