1.   The volume identifiers used by LIFESPAN consist of the character string concatenated with the media item number allocated by the offline manager in LIFESPAN.

2.   This volume identifier must be the one used with the VMS INITIALIZE command and must not be changed thereafter.

3.   It must also be clearly visible on the media items since the offline operator is instructed to mount volumes on units using this volume identifier.

4.   The manager must arrange to have the items initialised with appropriate volume identifiers.

5.   The volume identifier for the media item.