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Labeling Media for Manual Libraries

Media must be inserted into a drive and labeled before they can be used. The label that must meet the following criteria:

Note:
You must label CD-ROM, Zip, or Jaz volumes with the device manufacturer's or Windows utilities because TSM does not provide utilities to format or label these media. The operating system utilities include the Disk Administrator program (a graphical user interface) and the label command. See Labeling Media.

You can label tapes and optical disks for use in a manual library by inserting the media into the drive and invoking the Labeling Wizard.

  1. From the TSM Console, expand the tree for the machine you are configuring.
  2. Click Wizards, then double click Media Labeling in the right pane. The Media Labeling Wizard appears.
  3. Click Manual Media Labeling in the right pane of the TSM Server Utilities.
  4. Click the Start button. The TSM Manual Device Media Labeling Wizard appears.
  5. Follow the instructions in the wizard.
  6. After labeling a tape for a manual library, place the tape on the shelf. See Labeling Volumes Using Commands.


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