Spectra T200 - Exporting or Exchanging Magazines and Cartridges

Chapter 7 — Importing and Exporting Cartridges Exporting or Exchanging Magazines and Cartridges
December 2019 User Guide—Spectra T200, T380, and T680 Libraries
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Requirements See Import and Export Overview on page 222 for
information about requirements and restrictions when exporting or
exchanging magazines.
Export process The export process physically removes all of the magazines
(and any cartridges they contain) from the selected location (a cleaning
partition or a storage partition’s entry/exit pool or storage pool). The
exported magazines are not replaced by new magazines.
The following steps describe the process for exporting cartridges from a
storage partition using the entry/exit pool. Using this method ensures that
the media inventory maintained by the storage management software
remains accurate.
1. Use your storage management software to tell the library to eject the
cartridges from the library.
2. The library moves each cartridge out of the partition’s storage pool and
into an empty slot in a TeraPack magazine already stored in the entry/
exit pool.
3. When all of the requested cartridges are moved to the entry/exit pool, the
library reports to the software that the export request is complete.
4. At your convenience, you can then export the magazines in the entry/
exit pool from the library using controls on the Import/Export TeraPack
Cases screen of the user interface and the TAP.
Exchange process The exchange process moves each of the magazines in
the selected location to the TAP so that you can exchange the magazines for
others of the same type.
You can also remove or exchange one or more individual cartridges in a
magazine while leaving the other cartridges in place. Exchanging
cartridges in a magazine is especially useful when you need to temporarily
import a cleaning cartridge into the storage pool as part of drive
maintenance.
Prepare for the Export or Exchange
 If you are exchanging cartridges or magazines, have on hand the
prepared data cartridges and properly labeled magazines (see
Preparing Cartridges for Use on page 218).
 Recommended If you want to export cartridges from a storage
partition, use your storage management software to eject the desired
cartridges from the partition’s storage pool. You can then export the
cartridges from the entry/exit pool. Using this method to export
cartridges from a storage partition ensures that the media inventory
maintained by the storage management software remains accurate.