Issue with standalone Drives

40 remote media servers with standalone drives = 40 headaches!!!

Easiest way to manage Standalone drives and media is as follows:

Manually add the volumes that you need (A00001, A00002....) Choose correct media type/density that corresponds with the tape drive density and select a pool (e.g. NetBackup).
Add different ID range for each site.
 

You will need someone at remote site to do the following:

Stick paper-labels on each tape with media id.

Next, insert A00001 into the tape drive. Wait for green 'Ready' light.

Label from CMD:
bplabel -m A00001 -d hcart -o -p NetBackup -u 0

Please also have a look at this post where tape mount was not seen automatically. Problem solved with updated firmware: https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/automount-tape-standalone-drive

Good luck...............