Administrative Tasks
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Reclassify Media The Reclassify Media command moves media from one Media
Class to another. A list of possible reasons for reclassification
include the following:
• It can move blank media into any media class without
requiring physical handling of the media.
• It can remove media from an archive media class before
deleting the archive media class.
• A large Media Class can be split into smaller groups.
• Older media can be moved into a long-term storage media
class.
Several restrictions apply to the use of the Reclassify Media
command. Refer to the API reference manual for more
information, but a few of the more important ones are repeated
here:
• Media must be reclassified into another media class that
uses the same media type.
• When reclassified media are resident in an archive, they are
not moved to another archive. However, reclassified media
do not have to be in an archive.
• A target archive media class capacity can be exceeded up to
the point where the media class capacity is reached.
However, media class migration results if the media class
migrate option is selected.
Reclassify parameters consist of the reclassify media identifier,
destination media class, and priority. The priority determines
the command location in VolServ command queue.