User's Guide
5-9
March 31, 1999
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Field Explanation
Logical coordinates of the medium in the archive. 
Information
An optical disk occupies 2 logical coordi-
nates, one each for the front and reverse 
side.
The individual places of the coordinates have the fol-
lowing contents:
List of all device types (☞ AMU Reference Guide)
Select with the aid of the 4 selection fields the required 
coordinate for the display of the data block of a coordi-
nate
Serial number of the medium, represented by a bar-
code, also called VSN.
The Volser is alphanumeric and 1 to max. 16 characters 
in length.
Inadmissible Volsers are:
• 0000000000000000
• CLEAN
Enter the Volser in the field to find the medium in the 
database.
Type of the medium for monitoring the archive - drive 
assignment
Medium cannot be changed in the Archive Catalog 
Management.
Information
A distinction is not made basically 
between all different types of media 
with the same media housing. 
List of all media types (☞ AMU Reference Guide)
NN S S RR PP
Compartment
Row
Segment
Device No.
TT
Device type










