Description
LTO tapes should contain a barcode, of length 8 characters, which contains:
A volume serial (VOLSER) number which is human readable
A bar code that the library can read
The first 6 characters of the barcode are user defined, (it is recommend to make these unique between environments to avoid conflicts if tapes are moved between libraries).
The last two characters are the media identifier, which can be one of the following:
L[1-9] which defines the tape as non-worm LTO, and the digit defines the generation level, for example, AA1234L7 would be a non-worm LTO7 tape.
L[R-Z} which defines a WORM LTO tape where:
WORM Generation 1 Tapes (LR)
WORM Generation 2 Tapes (LS)
WORM Generation 3 Tapes (LT)
WORM Generation 4 Tapes (LU)
WORM Generation 5 Tapes (LV)
WORM Generation 6 Tapes (LW)
WORM Generation 7 Tapes (LX)
WORM Generation 8 Tapes (LY)
WORM Generation 9 Tapes (LZ)
For example, AA4321LY would be a 8th generation LTO WORM tape.
Cleaning tapes are usually defined by their label beginning CLNx or CLNU. NetBackup has no reliance on this if it is doing cleaning itself, although the exact specification may differ between different brands of library if library based cleaning is used.
Universal Cleaning Cartridge (CU)
Generation [1-9] Cleaning Cartridge (C[1-9])
For example, CLNU01L7 would be a universal LTO cleaning tape.
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