Using Media Lifecycle Management; Add Cartridges To The Mlm Database - Spectra Logic Spectra T950V User Manual

Chapter 9 — Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle Management
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Overview After you enable MLM and configure the global settings (see
Enabling MLM and Configuring Global Settings on page 255), you are
ready to begin using MLM to track and monitor the media in the library.
User Privilege Requirements See Specify the Partition Users on page 186
for information about assigning users to a partition.
 Only a user with superuser or administrator privileges can manually
 Any user with operator privileges who is assigned to the partition and

Add Cartridges to the MLM Database

The cartridges used in the library are not added to the MLM database until
they are discovered. The process you use to discover cartridges and add
them to the MLM database depends on when you loaded the cartridges
into the library.
If a cartridge is write-protected when it is inserted into a drive, the library cannot
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update the MLM information on the cartridge's MAM.
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If you want to use the PreScan and PostScan options, you must
Note:
enable and configure these options for each partition (see Enable
and Configure MLM PreScan and PostScan on page 180).
start and stop media discovery (using either Media Auto Discovery or
PreScan), manually start and pause PostScan operations, and manage
the MLM and DLM databases.
all users with superuser or administrator privileges can generate and
save MLM reports.
 Media Auto Discovery cannot begin while the library is
Notes:
actively loading media into drives. If you import media
during this time, the library posts a failure message stating
that no drives are available. Either wait until the library is
idle before importing media or start the discovery process for
imported media manually when the library is idle.
 If you import cartridges into the library with MLM disabled,
those cartridges are not automatically discovered and added
to the MLM database. After you enable MLM, you must use
the manual discovery process to add the cartridges to the
MLM database (see Discover Cartridges Manually on
page 264).

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