Eliza,

Check out the Media ID Generation Rules topic of the Windows SAG.  I know 
for UNIX, there's a MEDIA_ID_BARCODE_CHARS vm.conf entry.  I think the 
same will apply on Windows.

Your NEW tapes will use the first 6 chars, but existing tapes will remain 
the way they are.

HTH
-Tim

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Eliza Yam wrote:

> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I use NBU 5.1 Windows and LTO 1 media.  NBU is reading the last 6 chars 
> of barcode labels.  How do I change it to read the
> first 6 chars instead. 
> 
> If I make the change, what will have to the media ID in the database ie. 
> tapes that be used?  Will they remain the same?  
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Eliza
> 
> 
> 
> 
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