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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section III. Configuring storage
  4. Configuring tape media
  5. About barcodes
  6. About barcode rules
  7. Example barcode rules
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Example barcode rules

The following table shows some example barcode rules. Rules are sorted first according to the number of characters in the barcode tag and then by the order added. Two exceptions are the <NONE> and <DEFAULT> rules, which are always located at the end of the list.

Table: Example barcode rules

Barcode tag

Media type

Volume pool

Max mounts and cleanings

Description

0080

8MM

b_pool

55

New 008 volumes

DLT

DLT

d_pool

200

DLT backup

CLD

DLT_CLN

None

30

DLT cleaning

CLT

8MM_CLN

None

20

8-mm cleaning

8MM

t_pool

0

8-mm backup

TL

8MM

None

0

8-mm no pool

<NONE>

DEFAULT

None

0

No barcode

<DEFAULT>

DEFAULT

NetBackup

0

Other barcodes

Assume that you select the following media settings (update options) for the update operation for a new 8-mm volume in a TLD robot:

Media type = 8MM

Volume group = 00_000_TLD

Use barcode rules = YES

Volume pool = DEFAULT

If a new volume in this robotic library has a barcode of TLD00001, NetBackup uses the rule with the barcode tag of TLD. NetBackup assigns the following attributes to the volume:

  • Media ID = 800001 (last six characters of barcode)

  • Volume group = 00_000_TLD

  • Volume pool = t_pool

  • Maximum mounts = 0 (no maximum)

If a new volume has a barcode of TL000001, NetBackup uses the rule with the barcode tag of TL. NetBackup assigns the following attributes to the volume:

  • Media ID = 000001 (last six characters of barcode)

  • Volume group = 00_000_TLD

  • Volume pool = None

  • Maximum mounts = 0 (no maximum)

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