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--- object:repository [2017/09/05 14:56] – [Creating a Repository] dcumming
+++ object:repository [2025/01/21 22:07] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Repository ======
-A Repository represents the general location of a tape [[object:Volume|Volume]].
+A Repository represents the general location of a [[object:Volume|Volume]], such as in a Library, on a scratch rack or at a vault.
-===== Repository-ID =====
-===== Dependencies =====
-  * [[object:media|Media Type]] (parent)
+===== Repository-ID =====
-====== Creating a Repository ======
+A Repository-ID is a String of up to four alphanumeric characters and is permanently assigned at creation.
-To add a Repository, right-click on the Media Type that the Repository will be listed under and select ''Add Repository''.
+Each Repository-ID must be unique within its' [[object:media|Media type]].
-{{:master:tapemaster_repositories.png}}
+The Repository-ID can be viewed in the Repository Properties Identity tab.  To open the Repository Properties window, right click on a Repository, in the bottom of the TapeMaster Inventory window, and click ''Properties''.
-or right click in the repository window and select ''Add''.
+===== Description =====
-{{:master:tapemaster_repositories_add.png}}
+A Repository object has a Description field.  This allows a user-friendly description of up to twenty alphanumeric characters to be associated with the Repository-ID.
-This will launch ''Edit New Repository'' window.
+The Repository Description can be viewed in the Repository Properties Identity tab.  To open the Repository Properties window, right click on a Repository, in the bottom of the TapeMaster Inventory window, and click ''Properties''.
+===== Dependencies =====
-==== Basic Repository Options ====
-=== Identity ===
-Insert the Repository ID (up to 4 permanent alphanumeric characters) and repository description (up to 20 alphanumeric characters)
-{{:master:tapemaster_repositories_add_identity.png}}
-=== Options ===
-Select ''type'' of repository to change display icon to match repository function.  The basic choices are:
-  * {{:master:tapemaster_repository_destruction.png}} Destruction
-  * {{:master:tapemaster_repository_disaster_recovery.png}} Disaster Recovery
-  * {{:master:tapemaster_repository_legal_hold.png}} Legal Hold
-  * {{:master:tapemaster_repository_library.png}} Library
-  * {{:master:tapemaster_repository_ordered.png}} Ordered
-  * {{:master:tapemaster_repository_rack.png}} Rack
-  * {{:master:tapemaster_repository_scratch.png}} Scratch
-  * {{:master:tapemaster_repository_transport.png}} Transport
-  * {{:master:tapemaster_repository_vault.png}} Vault
-Select the repository the volume will move to next (required for all automated tape movement) after this repository.
-Click ''Save'' to create repository.
-=== Advanced Repository Options ===
+  * [[object:media|Media type]] (parent)
-[[master:repository_zones|Zones]] \\
+===== Options =====
-[[master:repository_slots|Slot Usage]] \\
-[[master:repository_options|Options]] \\
-[[master:repository_usage|Usage History]] \\
-[[master:repository_movement|Movement History]] \\
-===== Deleting a Repository =====
-To delete a Repository, right-click on the Repository that needs to be deleted and select ''Delete''.
+{{topic>repository_options&nouser&nodate}}
-<note tip> There must not be any Volumes in this Repository in order to delete it. </note>
+===== Creating a Repository =====
+A Repository Object can be created following the instructions at [[master:repository|Adding and managing a Repository with TapeTrack TapeMaster]].