5 0 0:Setting up Archive Adjustment

Overview

Archive adjustment is used to make a comparison between media in the loader (tape library) and the SEP sesam media archive database, and performs a database synchronization with the selected loader by updating the database with the most current inventory information from the scanned device.

Archive adjustment is mandatory whenever the contents of your loader has changed. Typically, you need to run arhive adjustment whenever new media or used media that have not yet been registered (initialized) by SEP sesam are inserted to identify unrecognized tapes.

You can perform archive adjustment for a whole tape library or run the job against selected tapes only by specifying the selected segment (see Slot Range below).

Prerequisite

Make sure that your loaders are properly configured. If you want to use the command line to run archive adjustment, the task must include the name of the target autoloader or tape device. You should check your storage device configuration, as described in Configuring Loaders and Drives.

Steps

1. From Main Selection -> Components -> Loader, select the relevant loader and click Archive Adjustment. Make sure that the target device (the loader which you want to scan) is at the top of the adjustment task.


2. In the Archive Adjustment window, specify the required fields:
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• Media Pool: Select a media pool where you want to perform the archive adjustment.
• Storagepool: Optionally, if the selected media pool has storage pools assigned to it, select the relevant storage pool.
• Drive (opt.): Optionally, select a drive.
• Slot Range: You can limit synchronization to the specified loader segment by entering the number of the first and last slot.
• Automatic Introduction: Optionally, you can select that any unknown media (without SEP sesam label) found in the tape library is automatically added to the specified media pool. If enabled, specify also the Tape Type option by choosing the media from the drop-down list.
• Handling of unknown SEP sesam media: By default, Accept without initialization is selected. This option enables SEP sesam to use other SEP sesam media, e.g., from another SEP sesam Server, and add them into the target media pool. If you select Overwrite, all media entered to the target media pool that are not recognized by the SEP sesam Server will be overwritten with a new media pool label assigned to them.
• Check label on tape: Optionally, enable this if you want to scan the tape labels; every tape label is re-read and verified, while the barcode information is ignored.
• Adjustment by barcode only: Optionally, enable this if you want SEP sesam to check only the barcodes of tapes within the slots without unloading the tapes from the drives.
3. Click Start.

Your archive adjustment will begin immediately. You can also set up a special media event for archive adjustment and schedule it to run automatically, as described in the following section.

Alternatively, you can use a command event for setting up automatic archive adjustment. For details, see How to set up automatic archive adjustment.

Creating a media event for archive adjustment

By creating a special media event for archive adjustment, you can schedule it to run automatically in specified intervals or set up an archive adjustment template which you can use to start it interactively.

Steps

1. From Main Selection -> Scheduling -> Schedules, select the schedule to which you want to link the event, select New and then New Media Event. A schedule is opened with a new tab Parameter.
2. Under the Media action, select archive adjustment.
3. Under Parameter, specify the relevant options for archive adjustment (Loader, Media Pool, Drive, etc.), as described above.
   Click OK.


4. You can start archive adjustment from Activities -> Immediate Start -> Media Action. For details, see Immediate start of a media action.

See also

Configuring Loaders and Drives – Loaders – Creating a Media Event – Immediate start of a media action