Inventorying media in a device

Run Inventory to mount the media in the device and read the media label, which is then displayed in the Devices view. If this is the first time that Backup Exec has encountered this media, the media label is also added to the Media view.

If you change the media in the robotic library or device, run Inventory so that the current media in the device is displayed in the views; otherwise, the previous media is still displayed as being in the device.

There may be a delay (up to several minutes for some drives) as the media is mounted and inventoried.

The inventory operation can be monitored or canceled through the Job Monitor.

To inventory media in a device

  1. On the navigation bar, click Devices.

  2. Expand the server icon.

  3. If you want to inventory a drive or slot, select the drive or slot containing the media you want to inventory.

  4. If you want to inventory a backup-to-disk file, do the following in the order listed:

    • Double-click the icon for the computer where the backup-to-disk folder is located.

    • Click the backup-to-disk folder that contains the file you want to inventory.

    • On the Results pane, select the file you want to inventory.

  5. Under Media Tasks, in the task pane, select Inventory.

  6. To specify a job name or a job priority, on the Properties pane, under Settings, click General.

    See General options for utility jobs .

  7. If you want a person or group to be notified when the job completes, on the Properties pane, under Settings, click Notification and select the options you want.

    See Notification options for jobs.

  8. If you want to run the job now, click Run Now. Otherwise, on the Properties pane, under Frequency, click Schedule to set the scheduling options you want to use.

    See Schedule options.

Inventorying media in a device