Solstice Backup 5.1 Administration Guide

Using Label Template Components

Backup is shipped with preconfigured label templates that correspond to the preconfigured pools. If you choose to create your own templates, you can include as many components in the Fields attribute as necessary to suit your organizational structure. However, it is a good idea to keep the template simple with few components. For example, if you create a label template for your Accounting Department, you can customize your label template in several ways, depending on the size of your storage system and media device capabilities. Table 4-2 illustrates several ways you can use components to organize your labels.

Table 4-2 Label Table Components

Type of Organizational Structure 

Fields (Components) 

 

Separator 

Resulting Volume Labels 

Sequential 

AcctFull

001-100

Period 

AcctFull.001

(100 total labels)

Storage oriented (for example, 3 storage racks with 5 shelves each, each shelf holding 100 tapes) 

1-3

1-5

001-100

Dash 

1-1-001

This label is for the first tape in rack 1 on shelf 1.

(1,500 total labels)

Two-sided media (for example, optical devices) 

AcctFull

000-999

a-b

Underscore 

AcctFull_000_a (side 1)

AcctFull_000_b (side 2)

(2,000 total labels)