UPDATE LIBRARY (Update an EXTERNAL library)

Use this syntax to update an external library.

Privilege class

To issue this command, you must have system privilege or unrestricted storage privilege.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramUPDate LIBRarylibrary_nameAUTOLabel=NoYesOVERWRITE

Parameters

library_name (Required)
Specifies the name of the library to be updated.
AUTOLabel
Specifies whether the server attempts to automatically label tape volumes. This parameter is optional.

To use this option, you must check in the tapes with CHECKLABEL=BARCODE on the CHECKIN LIBVOLUME command.

No
Specifies that the server does not attempt to label any volumes.
Yes
Specifies that the server only labels unlabeled volumes.
OVERWRITE
Specifies that the server attempts to overwrite an existing label. The server overwrites existing labels only if both the existing label and the bar code label are not already defined in any server storage pool or volume history list.

Example: Update the path name for an external library

Update an external library named EXTLIB with a new path name for the media manager.Linux operating systemsAIX operating systems
update library extlib externalmanager=/v/server/mediamanager
Windows operating systems
update library extlib externalmanager=c:\server\mediamanager