Cataloging media while reviewing devices or media

Catalog media in order to do the following:

Before you can restore data from media or verify it, the media, including backup-to-disk files, must have a catalog. If the media is being used by this computer for the first time, you may need to inventory the media first.

To catalog media while reviewing devices or media

  1. On the navigation bar, click Media or Devices.

  2. Select the media set or location that is associated with the media to be cataloged, or select the device containing the media to be cataloged, and then select the media that you want to catalog.

  3. On the task pane, under Media Tasks, click Catalog media.

  4. Select the appropriate options as follows:

    Device

    Select the device on which this job will run.

    Password

    If this media is password protected and is being cataloged by this system for the first time, enter the password.

    Confirm Password

    If this media is password protected and being cataloged by this system for the first time, type the password again.

  5. On the Properties pane, under Settings, click General.

  6. Select the appropriate options as follows:

    Job name

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

    Job priority

    Select the priority level for this job. If another job is scheduled to run at the same time as this job, the priority you set determines which job runs first.

    You can choose from the following:

    • Highest

    • High

    • Medium

    • Low

    • Lowest

  7. If you want a person or group to be notified when the job completes, on the Properties pane, under Settings, click Notification, and then select the options you want.

    See Assigning notification recipients for completed jobs.

  8. Do one of the following:

    To run the job now

    Click Run Now.

    To set the scheduling options you want to use

    On the Properties pane, under Frequency, click Schedule.

    See Scheduling jobs.

    You can monitor or cancel the catalog job on the Job Monitor.

  9. If the job requires that media be inserted into a robotic library, you are prompted to create an Import Library job.

    See Importing media to a robotic library.

  10. When you create the Import Library job, under Import Job Properties, click Options, and then select Auto-inventory after import is completed.

More Information

Inventorying media

Restore jobs and the catalog

Setting catalog defaults

Selecting data to restore

Canceling a restore job