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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section III. Configuring storage
  4. Configuring tape media
  5. Managing volumes
  6. About rescanning and updating barcodes
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

About rescanning and updating barcodes

You can rescan the media in a robot and then update NetBackup with the barcodes of that media.

You should rescan and update only in certain circumstances.

Note:

Rescan and update barcodes does not apply to volumes in API robot types.

See NetBackup robot types.

When to rescan and to update barcodes

Rescan and update barcodes only to add the barcodes that are not in the EMM database.

For example: if you add a new volume but do not insert the tape into the robot, NetBackup does not add the barcode to the database. Use this command to add the barcode after you insert the tape into the robotic library.

When not to rescan and to update barcodes

Do not rescan and update to correct the reports that show a media ID in the wrong slot.

To correct that problem, perform one of the following actions:

  • Logically move the volume by selecting a volume and then on the Actions menu select Move.

  • Logically move the volume by updating the volume configuration.

  • Physically move the volume into the correct slot.

To obtain an inventory of the robot without updating the barcode information in the database, inventory the robot and use the show contents option.

More Information

Updating the NetBackup volume configuration with a robot's contents

Showing the media in a robot

About barcodes

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