One of my colleagues deconfigured a Tape Library and now we can’t find the associated tapes. Where did they go? We need to get the barcode numbers and potentially move them to the new library.
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Where did the tapes go when I deconfigured my Tape Library?
- Vaulter
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Best answer by Daniel Brouwer
Happy to help you! Often customers deconfigure Tape Libraries by accident, whether this be due to trouble shooting or creating a new Tape Library it leaves them worried about their Tape Media.
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When you deconfigure a Tape Library all associated media will be moved to the Orphan Media group:
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Once here it will wait until that Barcode is detected in another Library.
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Once detected it will be assigned to that new Library and you will see it in Assigned Media:
Additionally scratch / aged tapes that will be deleted during deconfiguring unless option “Retain scratch media information when deconfiguring library” is enabled.
- Vaulter
- 16 replies
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Happy to help you! Often customers deconfigure Tape Libraries by accident, whether this be due to trouble shooting or creating a new Tape Library it leaves them worried about their Tape Media.
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When you deconfigure a Tape Library all associated media will be moved to the Orphan Media group:
-
Once here it will wait until that Barcode is detected in another Library.
-
Once detected it will be assigned to that new Library and you will see it in Assigned Media:
Additionally scratch / aged tapes that will be deleted during deconfiguring unless option “Retain scratch media information when deconfiguring library” is enabled.
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