Chapter 8 — Using the Cartridge Inventory Moving Cartridges Within a Partition
December 2019 User Guide—Spectra T200, T380, and T680 Libraries
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MOVING CARTRIDGES WITHIN A PARTITION
Overview During normal operations, you typically use your storage
management software to move cartridges from one location to another
within the library. However, you may occasionally need to create and
process a move queue to move cartridges manually. This can be done using
the library’s BlueScale interface to locate and move individual cartridges
(for example, to move a cleaning cartridge stored in the storage partition to
a drive if you are not using the Auto Drive Clean option) or by uploading a
series of moves to a storage partition using a specially formatted ASCII text
file. Use the instructions in one of the following sections to manually direct
cartridge moves.
Move Cartridges Using the BlueScale Inventory Screen
Move Cartridges Using an ASCII Move File on page 259
User Privilege Requirements The user privilege requirements when
moving cartridges in a storage partition depend on how the library is being
accessed. See Specify the Partition Users on page 203 for information about
assigning users to a partition.
Any user with operator privileges who is assigned to the partition and
all users with superuser or administrator privileges can move
cartridges within the partition using the BlueScale interface on the
operator panel.
Only a user with superuser or administrator privileges can move
cartridges within the partition using the BlueScale web interface (RLC)
or upload a move queue file.
Usage Requirements Uploading a move queue file requires either a
remote connection to the library using the BlueScale web interface (RLC) or
a USB device connected to the LCM.
Move Cartridges Using the BlueScale Inventory Screen
The library uses a move queue to direct tape cartridge moves. The move
queue lists one or more source/destination pairs, with each pair
representing a single move operation.
Manually Create the Move Queue Use the following steps to create the
move queue using the BlueScale Inventory screen.
1. Log into the library as a user with the required privileges (see User
Privilege Requirements on page 254).
2. Display the cartridge inventory for the desired partition location.
a. From the toolbar menu, select General > Inventory.
b. Select the partition for which you want to view the inventory from
the Partition drop-down list, then click Go.
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