When to inventory a robot
The following table describes the criteria to use to determine when to inventory a robot and which options to use for the inventory.
Table: Robot inventory criteria
Action | Inventory option to use |
|---|---|
To determine the contents of a robot | Use the option to determine the media in a robot and possibly their barcode numbers. |
To determine if volumes were moved physically within a robot | For the robots with barcode readers and the robots that contain media with barcodes, use the option. See Comparing media in a robot with the volume configuration. |
To add new volumes to a robot (a new volume is one that does not have a NetBackup media ID) | For any robot NetBackup supports, use the option. The update creates media IDs (based on barcodes or a prefix that you specify). See Updating the NetBackup volume configuration with a robot's contents. |
To determine whether new media have barcodes before you add them to NetBackup |
Use the option, which compares the contents of the robot with the NetBackup volume configuration information. After you examine the results, use the option to update the volume configuration if necessary. See Updating the NetBackup volume configuration with a robot's contents. |
To insert existing volumes into a robot (an existing volume is one that already has a NetBackup media ID) | If the robot supports barcodes and the volumes have readable barcodes, use the option. NetBackup updates the residence information to show the new robotic location. NetBackup also updates the robot host, robot type, robot number, and slot location. Specify the volume group to which the volume is assigned. See Updating the NetBackup volume configuration with a robot's contents. If the robot does not support barcodes or the volumes do not contain readable barcodes, move the volumes or use the physical inventory utility. See About moving volumes. |
To move existing volumes between robotic and standalone (an existing volume is one that already has a NetBackup media ID) | If the robotic library supports barcodes and the volumes have readable barcodes, use the option. NetBackup updates the residence information to show the new robotic or standalone location. See Updating the NetBackup volume configuration with a robot's contents. |
To move existing volumes within a robot (an existing volume is one that already has a NetBackup media ID) | If the robot supports barcodes and the volumes have readable barcodes, use the option. NetBackup updates the residence information to show the new slot location. See Updating the NetBackup volume configuration with a robot's contents. If the robot does not support barcodes or if the volumes do not contain readable barcodes, move the volumes or use the physical inventory utility. See About moving volumes. |
To move existing volumes from one robot to another (an existing volume is one that already has a NetBackup media ID) | If the robotic library supports barcodes and the volumes have readable barcodes, use the option. NetBackup updates the NetBackup volume configuration information. See Updating the NetBackup volume configuration with a robot's contents. If the robots do not support barcodes or the volumes do not contain readable barcodes, move the volumes or use the physical inventory utility. See About moving volumes. See About the vmphyinv physical inventory utility. For either operation, perform the following updates:
If you do not perform both updates, NetBackup cannot update the entries and writes an "Update failed" error. |
To remove existing volumes from a robot (an existing volume is one that already has a NetBackup media ID) | For any robot NetBackup supports, use the option to update the NetBackup volume configuration information. See Updating the NetBackup volume configuration with a robot's contents. |