Determine robot capabilities before you update the volume configuration

Before you update the volume configuration, determine the following:

If the robotic library supports bar codes
If any new volume are inserted into the library has readable bar codes.

Check the bar code capabilities of the robotic library and the volume by comparing the robot contents with the NetBackup volume configuration.

See Comparing media in a robot with the volume configuration.

If the robotic library does not support bar codes or the volume does not have readable bar codes, save the results of the compare operation. The results can help you determine a media ID prefix if you use the Media Settings tab of the Advanced Options dialog box to assign a prefix.