Labeling a Library Volume

To label tape volumes, first complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end this task. In automated libraries, you can check in the library's inventory, automatically as they are checked into a library.

Library Name

Select the library where the volume is to be located. This parameter is required.

Volume Name

Specify the name of the volume being checked in. Do not enter this parameter if the Search Library parameter equals yes.

Search Library

Select an option. This parameter is optional.

blank No library search is done. blank is the default.
Yes Specifies that ADSM should search the library to determine whether the volume had been previously checked in.

Source for Label

Select an option. This parameter is optional.

blank No action is taken. blank is the default.
Barcode ADSM attempts to read the barcode label from each cartridge. If the barcode scan fails, the volume will not be labelled and a message will be displayed.
Prompt ADSM prompts for volume names as necessary.

Library Category for Volume

Select an option. This parameter is optional.

blank Specifies that volumes are not checked in. This is the default.
Private Specifies that the volumes will be checked in and designated Private. They will only be available when requested by name.
Scratch Specifies that the volumes will be checked in and added to the library's scratch pool.

Device Type

Specify the device type. This option is only necessary when you specify a library category for the volume and you are using a 349X tape library with 3590 drives.

Cartridge Specifies that the volumes will be checked in and noted that they are to be mounted on 3490 drives. (Not available for servers on the HP-UX operating system.)
3590 Specifies that the volumes will be checked in and noted that they are to be mounted on 3590 drives.

Over-write Existing Label

Select an option. This parameter is optional.

No Specifies that ADSM will only label unlabeled volumes. The default is No.
Yes Specifies that ADSM will overwrite existing labels only if both the existing label and the prompted/barcode label are not already defined in any ADSM storage pool or volume history list .

Volume Range

Enter the first and last volumes in a range of volume names. You can use this parameter to limit the search when you specify Search Library as Yes.

Here are some examples of volume ranges:

volrange =bar110,bar130 The range includes 21 volumes: bar110, bar111,...bar130
volrange =bar11a,bar13a The range includes 3 volumes:bar11a, bar12a, bar13a
volrange =123400,123410 The range includes 11 volumes:123400, 123401,...123410
volrange =bar100,bar100 The range includes 1 volume:bar100