Hi
Can someone explain the diference between scan,inventory and import storage operations?When chaning tapes is scan,inevntory and import as well requiried?
Thanks
The scan operation collects information about the media that are in the slots, including barcode information if it is available. Then, the scan operation updates the Backup Exec database with the latest information about where the media are located. When you change or insert new media in a robotic library, you must use the scan operation to update the slot information.
You can run an inventory operation to have Backup Exec read a storage device
and update the Backup Exec database with information about the media that is
on that device. For robotic libraries, you can inventory all of the slots in the robotic library when
you change tapes. You can also select specific slots to inventory. When you add or remove a tape that Backup Exec does not request, you should run an inventory operation on the changed slots. For tape drives, you can run an inventory operation to mount the media in tape
drives and to read the media label. If you change the media that is in a drive, run
an inventory operation so that the current media's label appears in the properties.
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When you insert media into a robotic library, you must create an import storage operation job. The import storage operation updates the Backup Exec database with the information about the media