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What Is a

Location?

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How to Modify Media Location

Managing Media

Modifying Media Locations

Modifying Media Locations

The media location helps you to physically locate the media. You enter the location when you format the media. The initial location information is written on the media and to the IDB.

You should modify the location whenever you move media to a different place, such as to off-site storage, for example, “Shelf 4-Box 3”. The revised location information is only written to the IDB.

Data Protector allows you to create a list of pre-defined locations to simplify vaulting and archiving (also known as off-site storage). See “Vaulting Media” on page 140 for more information.

When you modify a location, Data Protector modifies the location in the IDB and not on the medium itself.

If you export and import media again, the location information in the IDB is replaced with the location stored on the media.

You can modify the location of multiple media at the same time. This is useful for vaulting (archiving) purposes. See “Vaulting Media” on page 140.

Modify media location in the General property page for the medium. For detailed steps, refer to the online Help index keyword “modifying media location”.

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