Configuring and Using Backup Devices
Activating Cartridge Memory Support
Chapter 268
Activating Cartridge Memory Support
Cartridge memory support can be activated for drives with the
LTO-Ultrium media type. It provides the following:
• Updating or changing media management information, such as
medium label, medium location and pool name, and media usage
information. The latter includes date of last access, date of last write,
and number of writes.
• Importing of media that include information stored in Cartridge
Memory.
• Listing all Cartridge Memory contents for the specific medium.
• Reformatting Cartridge Memory of a specific medium from the GUI
and CLI in cases where medium header information in Cartridge
Memory is not synchronized with the medium header on the medium.
• Recognizing media used by other applications.
Activate Cartridge Memory support for a drive by setting the Advanced
options from the Settings property page of the drive. Refer to Figure
2-11.
Limitations Cartridge Memory operations on LTO devices are not supported in the
following cases:
• On Novell NetWare platforms
•On AIX platforms
