HP B6960-90078 manual Scanning Media in a Device

Managing Media

Scanning Media in a Device

Scanning Media in a Device

What Is Scanning? You scan a device to update Data Protector information about the media in the device or library.

	• In a standalone device, you scan a medium in a drive.
	• In a library device, you scan media in the selected slots.
	• With Cartridge Memory enabled drives, Data Protector can check the
	library inventory very quickly.
When to Scan the	You have to scan the device when you change the location of media
Device	(enter, eject) manually without using the Data Protector commands. This
	creates inconsistencies with the information in the IDB, because Data
	Protector cannot track the actual location of the media.
	Scanning loads media from all the selected slots into a drive, checks the
	format of media, displays the media header information, and updates the
	information about the repository in the IDB.
NOTE	Depending on the number of selected slots, scanning may take a
	considerable amount of time. Data Protector has to load a medium from
	each slot into a drive and read the medium header with information
	about the medium.
How to Scan	Scan media in a device by selecting the device and clicking Scan from the
Media in a Device	Actions menu. For detailed steps, refer to the online Help index keyword
	“scanning backup devices”.
	If you are using a library device, you can scan several media in a single
	action. However, you can only use one drive. For detailed steps, refer to
	the online Help index keyword “scanning drives in library devices”.
Barcode Scan	To scan a library with barcode support, use the Barcode Scan option.
	Data Protector only checks the barcode on the medium and updates the
	information in the IDB.

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