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Best practices for setting up Dell VTL Container or NetVault Backup native virtual tape library (nVTL)

$nvutil/nvmakemedia $media_size mediales $vtlpath/media/${labels[$array_num_avail]}

wait

echo “closing the Entry/Exit Port in $library_name” echo $nvutil/nvcloseeeport -libraryname $library_

name

$nvutil/nvcloseeeport -libraryname $library_name wait

echo “Blanking media ${barcodes[$array_num_avail]} - ${labels[$array_num_avail]}”

echo $nvutil/nvblankmedia -barcode ${barcodes[$array_num_avail]}

$nvutil/nvblankmedia -barcode ${barcodes[$array_num_avail]}

# Wait a second before issuing label request to overcome VTL latency sleep 2

# Decide whether to relabel with tape name AND group or just name if [ ${groups[$array_num_avail]} =

“None” ]

then

echo $nvutil/nvlabelmedia -barcode ${barcodes[$array_num_avail]} -newlabelname “${labels[$array_num_

avail]}”

$nvutil/nvlabelmedia -barcode ${barcodes[$array_num_avail]} -newlabelname ${labels[$array_num_avail]}

else

echo $nvutil/nvlabelmedia -barcode ${barcodes[$array_num_avail]} -newlabelname ${labels[$array_num_

avail]} - newgroupname ${groups[$array_num_avail]}

$nvutil/nvlabelmedia -barcode ${barcodes[$array_num_avail]} -newlabelname “${labels[$array_num_avail]}”

- newgroupname “${groups[$array_num_avail]}”

echo “Removing the old media with barcode $vtlpath/media/${barcodes[$array_num_avail]}.disabled”

rm $vtlpath/media/${labels[$array_num_avail]}.disabled 

let array_num_avail=array_num_avail+1

let count=count-1 done

# close le

exec 10>&-

# Clean up temporary rubbish left behind rm -rf /tmp/mediatmp