Currently the import job crated in the console requires a nominated slot.
I have done some research with BEMCLI and you can script a way to go to first empty slot (in a library) not sure you can do same thing with a partition as I was not looking into that at the time. It is possible that the Partition is seen as a named device that you can use in place of LIB1 below. Problem is I am not sure how you work out the device name for the partition.
1) Make sure Powershell is installed on the media server and that you can run the Backup Exec Management Command Line Interface (BEMCLI)
2) Create a scripts folder somewhere on a harddisk of the media server (I tested with D:\scripts)
3) In this folder create a text file called import.ps1 (make sure it does not have a .txt extension after the ps1)
4) In this file enter the following 4 lines
$library = Get-BERoboticLibraryDevice "LIB1"
$slot = $library|Get-BERoboticLibrarySlot|where-object{$_.Media-like ""}|select-object -first 1
$slot|Submit-BEImportMediaJob -InventoryAfterImport
5) Change the LIB1 entry in the second line to match the name of your library as seen in the Storage section of the Backup Exec console before saving the file.
6) Also in the folder create a .bat file containing the following two lines
powershell.exe d:\scripts\import.ps1
exit
7) Edit the first line in the batch file so that path to the ps.1 file is correct before saving
8) Then configure the Windows Task scheduler to run the .BAT file once a day as required. Note you might want to make sure a tape is in a mailslot and then run the . bat file directly to test operation.
Note 1: The above command will detect the first empty tape slot - however might also detect a slot containing a tape with no label, as such try to make sure all tapes are labeled (barcodes might automatically label the media)
Note 2: Neither myself or the developer that assisted me with the commands had access to a library with a mailslot so please feedback on if this does meet requirements
We also had feedback from one customer as follows
"When I execute the script manually, I see the message that it’s not allowed to execute unsigned scripts.
So I changed the settings:
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned"
Finally you have to be aware of the content of http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH72951 and allow a 20minute time gap for it to work and you may also have to do this
1) Run Beutility.exe from the Backup Exec program files folder
2) Accept the warning as it starts
3) Open "All Backup Exec Servers" you should see your media server listed
4) Right click on your media server and select Edit Configuration
5) Change the "Media Insert Alert" to Yes or OK
6) Click OK
7) Close Beutility
