Volumes can be hidden, or removed from view, in TapeTrack TapeMaster and from Command Line batch programs (through flag exclusion), cleaning up volume display without needing to delete volumes and their associated data.

Reasons for hiding volumes range from being permanently out of rotation, locked from movement for legal reasons or any other reason that operators do not need to see them and would prefer a cleaner display in TapeTrack TapeMaster or Command Line reports.

Hiding volumes from display is a two part process:

• Adding the hidden Attribute (h Flag) to the required volume/s.
• Removing from display via the TapeTrack TapeMaster preferences.

Hiding volumes with the hidden Attribute from the Command Line batch programs involves adding a reference to the h flag in the volume filter.

In the inventory tab of the required customers media type:

• Select the volume by left clicking (or range select volumes with Shift + Click or Ctrl + Click).
• Right click the highlighted volume/s and select Special Operations → Modify → Flags.
• From the Modify Flags window expand the flag option Hidden by clicking the + icon.
• Click on the field to the right of Value and select Add Flag from the drop down list.
• Click Apply Updates.

The volume/s will now display with a h flag in addition to their other assigned flags.

Open the TapeTrack TapeMaster Preferences by selecting File → Preferences.

Set the Show Hidden Volumes field to false via the drop down box.

Click OK to close the Preferences window and save the updates.

All Command Line batch programs that use a Volume filter can be set to skip Volumes with the hidden Attribute (h Flag) and exclude them from the results and reports.

Show complete inventory, minus any hidden Volumes for customer US04, media LTO currently in repository OFFS

TMSS10Inventory -S user:-password@server -V "US04.LTO.*@OFFS+!h"