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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume II
  3. Additional configuration
  4. About the vm.conf configuration file
  5. MEDIA_ID_PREFIX entry in vm.conf
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume II

MEDIA_ID_PREFIX entry in vm.conf

If this entry is specified in vm.conf, it defines the media ID prefixes to use for media without bar codes. This entry is read and interpreted on the host where vmcheckxxx and vmupdate are running as part of the robot inventory operation.

MEDIA_ID_PREFIX = media_id_prefix

The best way to add media to a robot is to use the Robot Inventory Update Volume Configuration operation.

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