Exporting expired media from a robotic library

The export expired media job allows you to automate media handling in robotic libraries by removing media that cannot be written to so that scratch media can easily be added to the library in preparation for the next backup window. Expired media is any media that cannot be written to.

When you export expired media from the robotic library, the media status is displayed as offline. If the media is in a media set that has a vault media rule, then the media is moved to the vault location.

Cleaning media can be exported with the export expired media job. You can include all cleaning media, or all cleaning media that has been used more than a specified number of times.

You can choose to be prompted as a reminder to import new media after an export expired media job completes successfully. You can monitor the export expired media job through the Job Monitor.

To export expired media from a robotic library

  1. On the navigation bar, click Devices.

  2. Select the robotic library.

  3. Under Robotic Library Tasks in the task pane, click Export expired media.

  4. On the Export Job Properties pane, under Settings, click General.

  5. Complete the appropriate options as follows:

    Job name

    Type a name for the job or accept the default name.

    Job priority

    Select the priority for the job.

    Available options are as follows:

    • Lowest

    • Low

    • Medium

    • High

    • Highest

  6. To set options for the export expired media job, on the Properties pane, under Settings, click Options.

  7. Complete the appropriate options as follows:

    Include cleaning media in export

    Select this check box to include cleaning media in the export of expired media.

    Export cleaning media used more than x times

    Select the number of times that the cleaning media can be used before it is exported by this job.

    After export, automatically prompt for new media to be imported

    Select this check box to be prompted to import new media to the slot after the export expired media operation has completed.

    Upon successful export, move the media to media vault

    Select a vault to logically move the media to after the export job successfully completes.

    See Creating media vaults.

  8. If you want Backup Exec to notify someone when the job completes, on the Properties pane, under Settings, click Notification.

    See Assigning notification recipients for completed jobs.

  9. Do one of the following:

    • To run the job now, click Run Now.

    • To set scheduling options, on the Properties pane, under Frequency, click Schedule.

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