Inventory Tab

The Inventory Administration Tab is the main access point for Asset Management in TapeMaster. It displays all of the Volumes and Repositories being managed in the selected Customer/Media Type.

• Edit
  • Copy
    • Attributes: Copies the displayed attributes of selected Volumes to the clipboard.
    • Containers: Copies the Container ID's (Cust.Media.Cont) the selected Volume/s are assigned to.
    • Unqualified Volumes: Copies the unqualified Volume-ID's (no Customer-ID or Media-ID) of the selected Volumes.
    • Unqualified Volumes (without suffix): Copies the unqualified Volume-ID's (no Customer-ID or Media-ID) without the suffix (e.g. 123456L6 will copy as 123456) of the selected Volumes.
    • Volumes (Ctrl_C): Copies the Volume-ID's (including Customer-ID and Media-ID ) of the selected Volumes.
  • Paste
    • Attributes: Pastes clipboard contents into the displayed Attribute of the selected Volumes.
    • Select In List:
      • Attribute: Selects Volume from the inventory using the Attribute values in the clipboard.
      • Volume: Selects Volume from the inventory using the volume-ID's in the clipboard.
    • Volumes (Ctrl+V): When focus is in the inventory window, creates new Volume from the value/s in the clipboard. When focus is in the filter fields, pastes value into the filter.
    • Value by ID
      • Attribute: Pastes in Attribute values by Volume-ID.
      • Long Barcode: Pastes in Long Barcode value to associated Hashed Volume-ID's.
      • Next Move: Pastes in next move date by Volume-ID.
• Find
  • Notes: Display Volume notes from search criteria.
  • Datasets: Display Volume Datasets from search criteria.
• Favorites
  • Set: Add favorite Flag to selected Volumes.
  • Un-Set: Remove favorite Flag to selected Volumes.
• Reports
  • Attribute Table: Displays table listing and pie chart of selected Volumes Attribute values.
  • Catalog Table: Displays table of Catalog values.
  • Date Aging
    • Birthday: Displays a table and bar graph of selected Volumes birthday or creation date.
    • Expiry Date: Displays a table and bar graph of selected Volumes expiry date.
    • Last Audit Failure Time: Displays a table and bar graph of selected Volumes last audit failure.
    • Last Mount: Displays a table and bar graph of selected Volumes last mount date and time.
    • Last Move Time: Displays a table and bar graph of selected Volumes last move date and time.
    • Last Read Time: Displays a table and bar graph of selected Volumes last read time.
    • Last Sync: Displays a table and bar graph of selected Volumes last sync date and time.
    • Last Write Time: Displays a table and bar graph of selected Volumes last write date and time.
    • Last Update Time: Displays a table and bar graph of selected Volumes last update day and time.
    • Next Move: Displays a table and bar graph of selected Volumes next move date.
  • Generation Dispursement Table: Displays a table of selected Volumes based on volume generation (e.g. LTO 4, LTO 5 etc) as well as scratch status.
  • Health Table
  • History Rewind: Displays Volume location based on a date or range of dates.
  • History: Displays Volume history including location, date, movement, scan and user information of selected Volumes.
• Special Operations
  • Add Note: Opens Add Note window to add a note to selected Volumes.
  • Check for Duplicate within Customer: Checks for duplicate Volume-ID's within the selected customers other media types.
  • Capture Home Slot: Sets currently assigned Slot as Home Slot.
  • Confirm: Confirms selected Volumes into their target Repository.
  • Container
    • De-Register: De-registers, or removes, a Volume's container status.
    • Register: Registers a Volume as a Container.
    • Purge: Removes all Volumes assigned to the container.
  • Detect missing Volumes in Sequence: Highlights any Volumes missing from a numerical sequence of selected Volumes.
  • Modify
    • Assign to new/no Container: Opens the Container Selection window to select Container assignment.
    • Data Cluster: Opens Data Cluster Selection window to assign selected Volumes to a data cluster.
    • Generation: Assigns generation value to selected Volumes.
    • Home Repository: Assigns a Home Repository value to the selected Volumes.
    • Flags: Opens the Modify Flags window to add, remove or toggle the selected Volumes Flags.
    • Next Move: Opens the Next Move Date Selection window to set the next move date for the selected Volumes.
  • Scan
    • Scan to Add Volumes: Opens the Barcode Scanning Window and add the Volumes being scanned to the selected Customer and Media Type.
    • Scan to Select Volumes: Opens the Barcode Scanning Window and select the Volumes being scanned in the Volume List.
  • Search Next Move Dates: Opens Next Move Date Search window, displaying Volume-ID's and move dates based on filter criteria.
  • Show Next Move in Month View: Opens a window displaying the move dates for the selected Volume(s) in a calendar format.
  • Slots
    • Find Duplicate Slots: Searches the current Media Type for any slots occupied by multiple Volumes.
  • Support
    • Create Export File Creates a TapeTrack export file to send to the GazillaByte helpdesk to help troubleshooting problems.
• Special Printing
  • Labels: Print barcode labels of selected Volumes.
• Run Command
  • Eject Volumes (Netbackup)
  • Eject Volumes (Networker)

• Add (Insert): Add a new Volume to the current Inventory window.
• Delete (Delete): Delete the selected Volumes.
• Properties (Spacebar): Opens the Properties window for each of the selected Volumes.
• Refresh (F5): Refreshes the displayed data with the database.
• Swap Location (Backspace): Toggles the selected Slotted Volumes display between virtual and physical Slots.
• Toggle Warning Flag (F2): Adds or removes Warning Flag from selected Volumes.
• Toggle Move Lock Flag (F3): Adds or removes Move Lock Flag from selected Volumes.
• Confirm (F4): Confirms Volumes into the Target Repository.

• Copy Column
  • ID: Copies Volume-ID's of selected Volumes to Windows clipboard.
  • Current Location: Copies Current Locations of selected Volumes to Windows clipboard.
  • Target Location: Copies Target Locations of selected Volumes to Windows clipboard.
  • Flags: Copies Flags of selected Volumes to Windows clipboard.
  • Move Time: Copies Move times of selected Volumes to Windows clipboard.
  • Due In: Copies Due In times of selected Volumes to Windows clipboard.
  • Container: Copies assigned Containers of selected Volumes to Windows clipboard.
  • Next Move: Copies Next Move dates of selected Volumes to Windows clipboard.
  • Description: Copies Descriptions of selected Volumes to Windows clipboard.
• Count Unique Values
  • ID: Copies Volume-ID's of selected Volumes and displays unique values in a pie chart and list with totals.
  • Current Location: Copies Current Locations of selected Volumes and displays unique values in a pie chart and list with totals.
  • Target Location: Copies Target Locations of selected Volumes and displays unique values in a pie chart and list with totals.
  • Flags: Copies Flag combinations of selected Volumes and displays unique values in a pie chart and list with totals.
  • Move Time: Copies Move Times of selected Volumes and displays unique values in a pie chart and list with totals.
  • Due In: Copies Due In times of selected Volumes and displays unique values in a pie chart and list with totals.
  • Container: Copies assigned Containers of selected Volumes and displays unique values in a pie chart and list with totals.
  • Next Move: Copies Next Move dates of selected Volumes and displays unique values in a pie chart and list with totals.
  • Description: Copies Descriptions of selected Volumes and displays unique values in a pie chart and list with totals.
• Export (Ctrl+E): Export selected Volumes to file, either PDF, CSV, Excel, Text or XML.
• Filters
  • Clear All (Ctrl+F): Clear all filters.
  • Save (Ctrl+K): Save current filters.
  • Restore (Ctrl+L): Restore saved filters.
• Print (Ctrl+P): Export selected Volumes to PDF.
• Select
  • All: Selects all Volume of current Customer's media.
  • Invert: Inverts selection of the selected Volumes of current Customer's Media
  • Random: Selects a user set number of records at random.
• View
  • Icon (Ctrl+1): Set inventory view to Icons.
  • List (Ctrl+2): Set inventory view to List.
  • Report (Ctrl+3): Set inventory view to Report.
  • Small Icon (Ctrl+4): Set inventory view to Small Icons.