I use a $60 barcode reader hooked up through the keyboard port. We use the Vault option and Iron Mountain w/ Containers. Vaulting puts the tapes into a different volume group. The scanner makes the process of putting tapes into containers more accurate.
If you don't want to buy the Vault Option, you can just make a Volume Group for each location and logically move the tapes from one group to another as they physically move from one location to another. A barcode scanner would be very helpful here, as would a little intelligent scripting. Austin On 3/13/06, Richard Hellier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Justin, > > Maybe it's too simple for your needs but what I do here is to > "overload" the Description field that is stored with each media entry. I.e. > the scripts that say when to unload certain tapes also update this field so > that you can see "at a glance", where a given tape is. The notation I use is > "PLACE/BOXNUMBER". > > > > Good Luck > > > > Richard. > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Justin Durrant > Sent: 13 March 2006 12:52 > > To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > Subject: [Veritas-bu] Barcode Scanning > > > > > > > > Hi Everyone > > > > > > > I've been tasked with trying to find a solution to our tape mountain here. > > > Our tapes are in one of four places and all have unique bar codes. > > > > > > Ideally, we want to have a handheld barcode scanner that can record when our > tapes go off site and come back from the off-site datasafe. We also want to > be able to record when the tapes are in the library etc. > > > > > > I know that our NetBackup solution can read the tapes but wondered if anyone > has done something like this before and could recommend any products. > > > The best product will feature a database which we could tailor to indicate > which tapes are where. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Justin > > > -- > > > > To report this message as spam, click here > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by DFK > Systems Limited, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu