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Setting Default Barcode Labeling Scheme in Stand-Alone Drives

The software allows automating the process of labeling media (On Media Label - OML) associated with stand-alone drives. You can use the following label options to suit the labeling conventions used in your organization.

  • DATE - The current date on the CommServe computer.

  • TIME - The current time on the CommServe computer.

  • DAY - The day of the week as per the current date on the CommServe computer.

  • NUMBERSTART - A serial number, which is automatically incremented by 1. To specify a starting number, click NUMBERSTART from the list and then click Add Token. Then add the starting number beside NUMBERSTART displayed in the box below. e.g., NUMBERSTART1000. If the starting number is not specified, the default starting number is 1.

  • LIBRARY - The Alias name provided by the user for the library.

  • DRIVE - The Alias name provided by the user for the drive.

  • MEDIA_AGENT - The name of the MediaAgent to which the stand-alone drive is attached.

  • DRIVE_POOL - The name of the drive pool to which the stand-alone drive is attached.

When generating the labeling scheme, you must ensure that each media label is unique. If the specified labeling scheme is not unique, and if duplicate labels are found, the software automatically appends a media ID to make it unique.

The following list provides some examples of labeling schemes:

  • If a separate media is used for each day of the week and if every month a new set of media is used, the following labeling format can be used:

    DAY_DATE

    This would generate a label as follows on each of the media associated with each day of the week, the first time the media is used in the library:

    Monday_Sep 22 2024, Tuesday_Sep 23 2024, etc.

    The DAY would make the label easily identifiable, and the DATE in addition to providing the month in the label, also makes the label unique.

  • If the media must be identified based on the stand-alone drive in which the media is used, the following labeling format can be used:

    DRIVE NUMBERSTART

    This would generate the following labels:

    BRANCH A 1 (assuming that the drive is named as Branch A)

    If stand-alone drives are pooled together the drive pool name can be used instead of the drive name.

You can define default barcode labeling scheme.

Procedure

  1. From the navigation pane, go to Storage >Tape.

    The Tape page appears.

  2. Click the tape storage for which you want to define barcode labeling scheme.

  3. Click the Media tab.

  4. In Barcode labeling scheme section, you can see the system generated labeling scheme.

  5. To modify the labeling scheme, click the Edit icon edit_icon.

    The Barcode labeling scheme dialog box appears.

  6. Add the tokens to the scheme as per your requirement, and then click Save.

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