When to use vmphyinv

Use the vmphyinv utility to update the EMM database for NetBackup and Backup Exec media.

Use vmphyinv in the following typical cases:

You want to inventory a robot that does not have a bar code reader or that contains nonbarcoded media.
You insert new media into a robotic library and no NetBackup volume records correspond to the media. Use the slot range or list option of vmphyinv to perform the inventory operation. You do not need to add volume records to the EMM database.
You insert some media that have unknown media IDs or globally unique identifiers (GUIDs) into a robot.

For example, you insert 10 media from a different tape library in slots 11 to 20. You do not know the IDs on the tapes. Use the slot range or list option of vmphyinv to perform the inventory operation. The vmphyinv utility mounts the media, reads the tape header, determines the media ID, and adds media records to the EMM database.
Some of the media are misplaced and the EMM database does not reflect the correct physical location of these media. Inventory the robot or inventory a subset of media in the robot by using options in vmphyinv.