Chapter 6: Performing Library Operations
Taking a Tape Drive Online or Offline
Quantum Scalar i40 and Scalar i80 User’s Guide 173
Operator Panel
1 Select Actions > Tape Drive > Change Mode.
2 If more than one tape drive is in the library, use the Up and Down
buttons to select a tape drive.
3 Press Modify.
4 Use the Up and Down buttons to select Online or Offline.
5 Press Apply.
The new mode is displayed.
6 Press Exit.
Web Client
1 Select Operations > Drive > Change Mode.
The Change Drive Mode screen displays. This screen lists each tape
drive’s partition, location, state, current mode, activity, and version.
Note: If more than four tape drives are installed in the library, use
the Page 1 of x arrows to view the additional tape drives.
2 Locate the tape drive that you want to take offline or bring online.
In the tape drive table under Mode, the Current column indicates
the current mode of the partition. The New column contains an
Online/Offline button. The button toggles between modes.
3 To g gl e the Online/Offline button to the desired mode.
Note: If you change the mode of a control path tape drive to
offline, a caution dialog displays asking you to confirm the
mode change. For information on control path tape drives,
see Configuring Control Paths on page 67.
4 Click Apply.