Chapter 8 — Using the Cartridge Inventory Understanding the Cartridge Inventory
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UNDERSTANDING THE CARTRIDGE INVENTORY
The inventory is a record of all the cartridges stored in each library partition
and their current locations (for example, in a specific slot in a TeraPack
magazine, or in a drive). As cartridges are imported into a partition, the
barcode reader on the transporter reads the barcode labels on the individual
cartridges and the magazines. The library uses this barcode information to
maintain its physical inventory, which is stored in the LCM.
The Inventory screen, available from the General toolbar, lets you interact
with the cartridge inventory in the following ways:
VIEWING AND DOWNLOADING THE CARTRIDGE INVENTORY
Overview The Inventory screen provides information about the cartridge
inventory for each of the partitions configured in the library. It also
provides options for interacting with that inventory to move cartridges
from one location to another.
Requirements When using the Inventory screen, keep the following
requirements in mind:
Any user with operator privileges who is assigned to the partition and
all users with superuser or administrator privileges can view and
download the cartridge inventory.
Downloading an XML file containing the current cartridge inventory for
a partition requires either a remote connection to the library using the
BlueScale web interface (RLC) or a USB device connected to the LCM.
If you want to... The inventory screen lets you...
View information about the
cartridges in a partition,
View the cartridges located in a storage partition’s storage pool,
its entry/exit pool, or a drive.
View the cartridges located in a cleaning partition and identify
expired cartridges. An “x” appears next to the slot number if the
cleaning cartridge is expired.
Download an XML file that lists the inventory of every location in
the selected storage partition (see Download the Cartridge
Inventory on page 250).
Locate a specific cartridge in
the partition,
Search for a cartridge using either its barcode label information or
its slot location (see Locating a Specific Cartridge on page 253).
Move a cartridge from one
location to another,
Find and select a specific cartridge within a partition and move it
to another location (see Moving Cartridges Within a Partition on
page 254).
Automate a series of moves in a storage partition by uploading a
specially formatted ASCII text file that contains a sequence of
moves to the partition (see Move Cartridges Using an ASCII Move
File on page 259).
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