Insert Notification Setting - IBM TS3500 Manual

A cartridge assignment policy can also be created for All Other Volsers. This represents
all VOLSERs not covered by specific ranges in the cartridge assignment policy. If you do not
want these cartridges to be assigned to an active logical library, then you can create a new
drive-less logical library and have the All Other Volsers automatically assigned to that
logical library. In this way, the drive-less logical library becomes a safe media vault. Note
that a drive-less logical library consumes no additional resources in a TS3500 Tape Library
with ALMS. Subsequently, these All Other Volsers can be manually assigned to a different
logical library using the Tape Library Specialist Web interface or the TS3500 Tape Library
Command Line Interface (CLI).
If there is no cartridge assignment policy assigned for All Other Volsers, unassigned
cartridges can be assigned by one of the following methods:
• If the unassigned cartridge is in the I/O station and the Insert Notification setting is
disabled, the cartridge is automatically assigned on a first-come, first-served basis
• If the unassigned cartridge is in the I/O station and the Insert Notification setting is
enabled, you can assign the cartridge to a logical library by using the Settings and
Insert Notification selections from the library's operator panel
• Use the cartridge assignment policy to create a new VOLSER range and then perform
an inventory
• Use the Tape Library Specialist Web interface
• Use the TS3500 Tape Library CLI
Within a physical library, the maximum quantity of ranges that can be created by the
cartridge policy assignment is 300.
Parent topic: Overview
Related concepts

Insert notification setting

TS3500 Tape Library Command Line Interface
Related tasks
Enabling or disabling the Insert Notification setting
Assigning cartridges to a logical library
Insert notification setting
This section describes insert notification. This is an optional setting that enables the TS3500
Tape Library to monitor the I/O station for new media that does not have a logical library
assignment.
Note: Insert notification is no longer recommended and is not supported in any library
that includes an HD frame. In HD libraries, insert notification is automatically disabled.
When Insert Notification is disabled, TS7700 Virtualization Engine and 3953 L05 Library