Media must be inserted into a drive and labeled before it
is useful to a manual library device. While stand-alone devices are not
typically thought of as library devices, TSM uses a construct called a manual
library to help manage and report on media that is manually mounted by humans,
and not by robots.
Task | Required Privilege Class |
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"Labeling Media for use in a Manual Library Device" | System |
"Labeling Media for Devices not Supported by the TSM Device Driver" | System |
"Making Volumes Available to Stand-alone, Manual Library Devices" | Any Administrator |
Any volume, used in any TSM library device, requires a label. All labels used with TSM must meet the following criteria:
Note: | Some devices that are not supported by the TSM device driver must be labeled using the manufacturer's or Windows utilities. See Labeling Media for Devices not Supported by the TSM Device Driver. |
Administrators can label tapes and optical disks for use in a manual library device by inserting the media into the drive and invoking the Labeling Wizard.
Note: | After labeling a tape for a manual library device, place the tape on the shelf. See Labeling Volumes Using TSM Commands. |
Administrators must label CD-ROM, Zip, or Jaz volumes with the device manufacturer's or Windows utilities because TSM does not provide utilities to format or label these media. The operating system utilities include the Disk Administrator program (a graphical user interface) and the label command. See Labeling Media.
Stand-alone devices are always associated with manual libraries, and as such, they require a human (and not a robot) to load media into drives. After media has been labeled, it is ready to use, and requires no checkin processing.