Robot inventory options
The following table shows the robot inventory options.
Table: Robot inventory options
| Option | Description |
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Advanced options |
is active if or is selected. The menu contains additional options for when you inventory robots. |
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Device host |
The is the host that controls the robot. |
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Empty media access port prior to update |
The operation is active only for the robots that support that function. To inject volumes in the robot's media access port into the robot before you begin the update, select . The volumes to be injected must be in the media access port before the operation begins. If you select and the media access port is empty, you are not prompted to place volumes in the media access port. Note: If you use NetBackup to eject volumes from the robot, remove the volumes from the media access port before you begin an inject operation. Otherwise, if the inject port and eject port are the same, the ejected volumes may be injected back into the robotic library. |
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Robot |
Select the robot that you want to inventory. NetBackup selects a default robot for the device host. That field is blank if no robot is available. |
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Show contents |
Displays the media in the selected robotic library; does not check or change the database. |
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Compare contents with volume configuration |
Compares the contents of a robotic library with the contents of the database but does not change the database. See About comparing a robot's contents with the volume configuration. |
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Preview volume configuration changes |
Compares the contents of a robotic library with the contents of the database. If differences exist, it is recommended to change to the NetBackup volume configuration. |
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Update volume configuration |
Updates the database to match the contents of the robot. If the robot contents are the same as the database, no changes occur. |
Table: Results pane
Option | Description |
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Show contents | Displays the contents of robot (Slot, Tape, Barcode). Note: While you are running the robot inventory contents results job, if the result is taking time, you can leave the page and return to find while the complete result is displayed. |
Compare contents | Displays the comparison between the Robot Contents (Slot, Tape, and Barcode) and Volume Configuration (Media ID, and Barcode) with the Mismatch Detected list. See About comparing a robot's contents with the volume configuration. |
Preview volume configuration changes | Lists the proposed changes to EMM database Volume Configuration). To update the volume configuration changes. |
Update | Lists the updated changes as well as the actual changes performed, along with the success message. |
Download | In the case, the robot inventory result text is large (more than 100K results) the web UI shows the truncated data with an option to download the text file. |
Search | Allows a search for specific term/keyword in the results text. |
Copy to clipboard | Allows to copy the results text to the clipboard. |