I would suggest spending the small amount it would cost for the barcode 
reader.... Long term, you'll be MUCH happier.

In the short term, use the vmphyinv command.  This essentially stands 
for "Volume Manager PHYsical INVentory".  NetBackup will mount each 
tape in the library (or range of slots based on command usage) and try 
to determine what's where in the library.  The down side is that I 
don't think NBU will ADD new/unlabeled media.  So the first time 
around, you'll need to manually tell NetBackup what tapes are in each 
slot, then use bplabel to get a media id written to each cartridge.

HTH
-Tim

On Jun 23, 2005, at 10:00 PM, Chaves, Jan Amcil L. wrote:

> Hi Team,
>
> Is it possible to perform an inventory if the library doesn't have a
> barcode scanner?
>
> I have an IBM 3581 configured as TLD(0) connected to a NetBackup ES 5
> MP3 master.  When I perform an inventory, it arbitrarily assigns names
> to the media in the slots (A00000, A00001, etc.).
>
> Is there a way around this, short of purchasing a barcode reader?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> jan
>
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