User`s guide

Chapter 4 Configuring Your Library
Working With Partitions
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In Not Required mode, if the library does not find a valid media ID on a
cartridge, the library allows it to be moved into or within the library as
long as the I/E station magazine, storage magazine, or drive matches the
media domain of the cartridge. If the library finds a valid media ID, the
library does not allow the cartridge to be moved from storage to a drive
that does not have a matching type (for example, an LTO-2 cartridge will
not be allowed to move to an LTO-1 drive).
Return Media Identifier 4
For the media policy settings, the library makes assumptions about a
media identifier and its position in a media barcode label. To be
considered a media identifier, the identifier characters must be correct for
the media domain and media type. Also, the identifier, which for some
media types can consist of more than one character, must be complete and
in the correct location. The correct characters in the wrong position are not
viewed as a media type identifier. In a physical library or partition
containing mixed media, the media identifier is not required for all
cartridges.
Table 18 explains the media type identifiers and assumptions.
Table 18 Sampling of Media
Type Identifiers
Media Domain Media Type Identifier
LTO LTO-1 “L1” as the last characters in
the barcode
LTO LTO-2 “L2” as the last characters in
the barcode
LTO LTO-3 “L3” as the last two
characters in the barcode
LTO LTO-3 WORM “LT”as the last two characters
in the barcode
LTO LTO-4 “L4” as the last two
characters in the barcode