Bevan-

If you're at NBU 4.5 FP3 or higher, you can use vmphyinv to inventory
libraries that don't have barcode readers. Check the Media Manager System
Admin Guide for FP3 for more info.

If you're not at FP3, then upgrade... :) Seriously, if not, then you would
have to write a script that would tpreq  each media, bplabel it and
tpunmount it (tpreq and tpunmount are documented in MM SysAdm Guide, bplabel
is documented in NBU SysAdm Guide). If you do a robot inventory on these
types of robots, you'll get the generic tape label of A00000, and so forth.
You can change those prefixes by modifying vm.conf (can't remember the
syntax; check the MM SysAdm Guide). After you do the robot inventory, then
you can do the tpreq/bplabel/tpunmount.

B-
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Brian Blake
Professional Services Organization
VERITAS Software
brian.blake AT veritas DOT com



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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 15:55:08 +1000
> From: "Broun, Bevan" <brounb AT adi-limited DOT com>
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Reply-To: brounb AT adi-limited DOT com
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] autoloader with no bar codes - how to label tapes?
> 
> hi all
> 
> how should I deal with an autoloader with no barcode reader using nbu4.5
> veritas seems to assume barcodes with a library.
> 
> Im use to legato where there was a command to label tapes in particular slots.
> 
> BB
>