Label blank/new tape media

So I’ve got a Savepack and a number of tapes created via GUI but I want to write the labels to the tapes as I don’t have an autoloader or barcodes.  Can I write the label info to the LTO tape prior to it’s use… the arkc -drive or -tape option I’m not sure are going to write the label…

Hello,

If the tapes are new / blank and have never been used by another product,

then WD Arkeia will write the label on the media during the 1st backup job:

IE:

* create the tapes in the WebUI

* insert a tape into the tape drive

* start a backup job

In the scenario above, Arkeia will read the media header to determine if an existing Arkeia tape label is present.

If there is no label present, WD Arkeia will write the tape label and proceed with the backup job.

You can manually write the label using the following process:

* create the tapes in the WebUI

* insert the tape into the drive

* navigate to the tape screen

* select a tape and click “Write Label”

To verify the write:

* nativate to the tape drive screen

* select the tape drive

* sclick “Read Drive”

Cheers!