Managing Media

Scanning Media in a DeviceScanning 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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