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  3. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  5. Section IV. Configuring storage
  7. Inventorying robots
  9. Advanced options for robot inventory settings
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Advanced options for robot inventory settings

The following advanced options are available for robot inventory.

Table: Advanced options for robot inventory settings

Option

Description

Media settings

Existing media

For the media that already exist in your volume configuration, you can specify the volume group if the media are removed from the robot.

Media which have been removed from the robot should be assigned to the volume group options:

  • Default: If there is an existing group with a compatible residence for the volume, the volume is added to that group. If a suitable volume group does not exist, NetBackup generates a new volume group name.

  • Auto-generate: NetBackup automatically generates a new volume group.

  • No volume group: The media are not assigned to a volume group.

Media which have been moved into or within the robot should be assigned to the volume group options:

  • Default: Includes the volume groups that are valid for the robot's default media type.

  • Auto-generate: NetBackup automatically generates a new volume group.

  • If the Media type is a value other than Default: Includes the volume groups that are valid for the specified media type. To specify a volume group other than Default, select a volume group name from the list.

New media

Use barcode rules

Specifies whether or not to use barcode rules to assign attributes for new media. To enable barcode rule support for API robots, add an API_BARCODE_RULES entry to the vm.conf file.

Media type

Overrides your barcode rules for the new media in the robotic library.

Volume pool

Overrides the default volume pool for the new media in the robotic library.

Determine how to use a Media ID prefix:

  • To not use a media ID prefix: Deselect the Use a media ID prefix for media with unreadable barcodes or if the robot does not support barcodes option.

  • To use a media ID prefix: Select the Use a media ID prefix for media with unreadable barcodes or if the robot does not support barcodes option.

  • Select from the following options:

    Media ID prefix support only A-Z, 0-9, '_' characters. Underscore '_' not allowed as first character.

    • Specify the media ID prefix for the current session only

      NetBackup uses the prefix only for the current operation.

      Enter the prefix. You can specify a prefix of one to five alphanumeric characters. NetBackup assigns the remaining numeric characters to create a six character media ID.

    • Choose from the media ID prefix list (stored in vm.conf file): Enter the prefix. Click Add to the list.

Barcode rules

Add

Click Add to add a new barcode rule.

Media ID generation

Add

Media ID generation rules let you override the default media ID naming method. The default method generates a media ID using the last six characters of the barcode.

Click Add to add a new rule.

See Media ID generation options.

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