Adding optical disk cartridges

 

Use this procedure to add an optical disk cartridge to an optical volume. To add an optical disk cartridge, perform the following steps:

1. On the Work with Optical Volumes display, select Add in the Opt column next to the blank volume name.

2. On the Add Optical Cartridge display, enter:

   • Optical media library device (required)

   • Authorization list

   • Rebuild directory index

   • Media location

   • Specifying *NO for the Rebuild directory index prompt can improve the performance of the Add Optical Cartridge (ADDOPTCTG) command by deferring the rebuilding of the optical directory index until a later time.

   • Some 399F models support adding multiple media through the bulk magazine. *MAGAZINE can be specified to use this feature if available for the device.

You do not need to provide a volume identifier. The system supplies a date and time stamp as the volume identifier. The date and time stamp is used to track each volume until it is read. If the volume is not initialized, the date and time stamp serves as its identifier until the volume is initialized with a user-supplied name.

The Add Optical Cartridge (ADDOPTCTG) command applies to:

• Directly attached optical media libraries

• CD and DVD devices

 

Parent topic:

Using optical volumes