Enabling or disabling the Insert Notification setting

This section introduces two ways to enable or disable Insert Notification, which is the setting that monitors and assigns new media to a logical library in the TS3500 tape library.

Note: Insert notification is no longer recommended and is not supported in any library that includes an HD frame. In HD libraries, insert notification is automatically disabled. It is recommended that the Cartridge Assignment Policy be configured to provide automated assignment of all cartridges inserted into a partitioned library.

The TS3500 tape library offers an Insert Notification setting that monitors the library for new media and asks you to assign the media to a logical library. This can occur if you open the door of the I/O station and place a cartridge into an empty I/O slot or move a cartridge from one I/O slot to another.

When the Insert Notification setting is enabled, unassigned cartridges are inaccessible to any logical library, but user interfaces are still able to move cartridges to logical libraries and make them accessible to the host.

Note: The cartridge assignment policy overrides the method of assigning a cartridge to a logical library through the use of the Insert Notification setting.

To enable or disable the Insert Notification setting, use one of the following methods.