Example 5: Adding cleaning tapes to a robot

A special case exists when you add cleaning tapes. For example, assume you update a TLD robot.

The tapes you inserted include regular tapes with bar codes that range from DLT00000 to DLT00010 and a cleaning tape with a bar code of CLN001.

Table: Example bar code rules contains the example bar code rules:

Table: Example bar code rules

Bar code tag	Media type	Volume pool	Max mounts/ cleanings	Description
CLN	DLT_CLN	None	30	dlt cleaning
DL	DLT	d_pool	200	dlt backup
<NONE>	DEFAULT	None	0	no bar code

Specify the following on the Media Settings tab, then run the update.

media type	DLT
volume group	STK7430
use bar code rules	YES (selected)

The bar codes on the regular tapes match the DL bar code rule. The media type of the DL bar code rule matches the Media type on the Media Settings tab. The tapes are added as DLT.

The cleaning tape matches the CLN bar code rule. NetBackup recognizes that DLT_CLN is the cleaning tape for DLT. NetBackup adds the cleaning tape CLN001 as DLT_CLN type media along with the regular volumes.

This example shows NetBackup's ability to add cleaning cartridges along with regular volumes when you use Update volume configuration.

If the volumes you insert include a cleaning tape, NetBackup adds the volumes correctly if the following are true:

The Media type on the Media Settings tab is the regular media (DLT in this example).
The bar code on the volume matches a bar code tag (CLN in this example).
The media type for the bar code rule is the correct cleaning media (DLT_CLN in this example).

To add only cleaning media, specify the cleaning media type on the Media Settings tab and in the bar code rule (DLT_CLN in this example).