Hello Jan
What OS are you on ?
I have a korn shell script for this, it does require that tapes are labeled
and was made for NBU3.4
See http://mian.homepage.dk/ksh/nobarcode_inventory.html
Regards
Michael
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:09:35 +0800, Chaves, Jan Amcil L. wrote
> Hi Rolf. I managed to make a short batch file that took the media
> ids on the command line and stuffed them into the volume database
> with vmadd.
>
> Do you think we can manipulate the robot from the command line?
> Something like load slot 1 then read media id then vmadd it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rolf C [mailto:rolfcolmer AT hotmail DOT com]
> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 4:52 PM
> To: Chaves, Jan Amcil L.
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Inventory robot without barcode scanner???
>
> Hi there,
>
> I've been struggeling with the same problem some time ago, but never
> finished a script for it.
>
> It's only possible when you mount every tape and then read the Media
> ID's.
>
> It's possible to do with scripting but takes some time to figure uit.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rolf
>
> >From: "Chaves, Jan Amcil L." <ChavesJAL AT delmonte-phil DOT com>
> >To: <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
> >Subject: [Veritas-bu] Inventory robot without barcode scanner???
> >Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:00:57 +0800
> >
> >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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