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The Import Media operation allows you to use the I/E station to import data cartridges into the library. The library's scanner
automatically reads the barcode on new cartridges imported into the library.
Note: If your library has zero I/E station slots, you cannot import or export media. See Configuring I/E Station Slots.
This topic focuses on using the library user interface, not the host application, to import media. Using the library to import
media may necessitate performing an inventory of the library with the host application. See your host application
documentation for more information.
There are two ways to import tape cartridges via the library: with manual cartridge assignment enabled or disabled. Manual
cartridge assignment is enabled on the library by default. For information on disabling/enabling this feature, see
Disabling/Enabling Manual Cartridge Assignment.
This section contains the following sub-sections
• Importing Media with Manual Cartridge Assignment Enabled
•
Importing with Manual Cartridge Assignment Disabled
•
Process for Importing Media
The table below describes the differences in what you can see and do depending on manual cartridge assignment status:
Manual
Cartridge
Assignment Cartridge Assignment in I/E Station
Is
Importing
Unassigned
Media
Allowed?
Library
Configuration
Report
Enabled
(default)
You are asked to assign cartridges to a partition
immediately upon placing them in the I/E station.
You may "cancel" out of this window without
assigning them to a partition.
From
operator
panel: NO
From Web
client:
YES
Assigned
cartridges are
visible.
Unassigned
cartridges are not
visible.
Disabled You are not asked to assign cartridges to a
partition and the cartridges remain unassigned
until imported into the library.
From
operator
panel: YES
From Web
client:
YES
All cartridges are
visible.
Importing Media with Manual Cartridge Assignment Enabled
• When Manual Cartridge Assignment is enabled (default), once you load tape cartridges into the I/E station and close
the I/E station door, the Assign IE screen automatically appears on the operator panel. The Assign IE screen
prompts you to use the operator panel to assign the cartridges to a specific partition or to the system partition. The
cartridges can be used only by the assigned partition. All of the cartridges you placed in the I/E station are assigned to
the same partition that you selected.
• If you cancel out of the Assign IE screen (or forget to assign the inserted cartridge to a partition), the cartridges
remain unassigned until you either import them via the Web UI or open and close the I/E station so the Assign IE
screen displays again.
• You cannot import unassigned media into the library via the operator panel.
• You can import unassigned media into the library via the Web client. When importing unassigned tape cartridges via
the Web client, only the cartridges you actually import into a partition will be assigned to that partition. The rest of the
cartridges will remain unassigned in the I/E station.
• Unassigned cartridges are not visible to host applications.
Importing with Manual Cartridge Assignment Disabled
• Disabling manual cartridge assignment allows you to load several tape cartridges into the I/E station and assign them
to different partitions.
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