HP B6960-90078 manual Additional Media Management Tips

ADIC/GRAU DAS and STK ACS Libraries

ADIC/GRAU DAS and STK ACS Integrations

Although you can change the label and exclude the barcode number, this is not recommended. In this case you should manually keep track of the actual barcode and the medium label you assigned to the medium.

Initializing Other If Data Protector recognizes some other media data format or media that

Formatshave been used by another application, it will not initialize these media unless the Force Operation option is selected. Data Protector recognizes the following data formats and media used by other applications: tar, cpio, Fbackup, FileSys, Ansi and OmniStorage.

Drive Cleaning The ADIC/GRAU DAS and STK ACS libraries can automatically clean

Supporttheir drives after the drive has been used a set number of times. This is not recommended, as library built-in drive cleaning interrupts the session, causing it to fail. If you want to use the library’s cleaning functionality, you have to ensure that drive cleaning is performed when no Data Protector sessions are running.

For more information on drive cleaning methods, refer to “Drive

Cleaning” on page 61.

Additional Media Management Tips

Remember the following list of tips when you begin to use Data Protector with the GRAU DAS or STK ACS device.

•Create at least one media pool for each media type, for example, one for 4mm and one for 3480 media type. Depending on your environment, you may want to create more media pools, for example, one for each department. See HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Concepts Guide for more information on how to plan your media pools.

•Use Data Protector commands to handle media. If you handle media manually using ADIC/GRAU DAS or STK ACS commands, Data Protector will not be able to track the changes in location or information on the media.

•Manage the whole library with Data Protector. This provides single-point administration where you can track Data Protector and non-Data Protector media in the library.

•Make sure that Data Protector and other applications do not use the same set of media.

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