Tape barcodes labels - increasing to 8 characters
Hello, I have been using the standard 6 character tape label format in NetBackup for a long time. I now need to change this to the extended 8 character setting going forward. Can anyone please tell m...
NetBackup can read and store up to 13 digits for the barcode label. but can store only 6 characters for the media id.
The default is to store the last 6 characters, e.g. 3456L6, but if you configured Media ID generation to store the 1st 6, the media ID will be 123456.
So, if this is how you configured it, you cannot have 123456L8.
You can order media labels with your own customized numbering method.
You may even add a character at the beginning of the L8 tapes to easily identify them, e.g. B00001.
This way you can also add Barcode rules to automatically add anything starting with B as media density that corresponds with LTO8 tape drive density.
