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Label an optical cartridge with an initialized volume

To label a cartridge that has at least one initialized volume on it, follow these steps. The options are selected from the Work with Optical Volumes display.

  1. If the cartridge resides in an optical media library, remove it by typing option 4 (Remove) next to the volume ID.
  2. After the cartridge is removed, set one side of the cartridge to write-protected and the other side to write-enable.
  3. Add the cartridge to an optical media library by typing option 1 (Add).
  4. Press F11 (View 2) to see the write-protected status of the newly added volumes.
  5. Determine which volume is write-protected and make a record of this volume ID.
  6. Remove the optical cartridge by typing option 4 (Remove) next to the volume ID.
  7. Label the write-protected side of the cartridge to the volume ID you previously recorded.
Related tasks
Set write protection
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