Spectra T200 - Page 520

Appendix A — Best Practices Using Cartridges
December 2019 User Guide—Spectra T200, T380, and T680 Libraries
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End of Week 2
The storage management software ejects cartridges from the storage pool.
The library moves the cartridges to empty magazine slots in the entry/exit
pool, making them ready to be removed from the library and stored off site.
End of Week 3
The storage management software ejects cartridges from the storage pool.
The library moves the cartridges to empty magazine slots in the entry/exit
pool, making them ready to be removed from the library and stored off
site. The two full magazines stored off site in Week 1 are ready for re-use.
After importing the full magazines into the entry/exit pool, the storage
management software is used to move the cartridges to the storage pool,
leaving two empty magazines in the entry/exit pool.
Operator tasks:
 Export the 2 full TeraPack
magazines from the entry/
exit pool.
 Import 2 empty TeraPack
magazines into the entry/
exit pool.
Results of operator tasks:
Off-site storage:
4 full TeraPack magazines
Entry/Exit pool:
2 chambers, each contains an
empty TeraPack magazine.
 Storage pool:
11 chambers contain
full magazines
 4 chambers contain
empty TeraPack
magazines.
Data Center: No reserved media or
magazines.
Operator tasks:
 Export the 2 full
TeraPack magazines
from the entry/exit pool.
 Import 2 full TeraPack
magazines into the
entry/exit pool.
 Use storage
management software to
move cartridges to the
storage pool.
Results of operator tasks:
Off-site storage:
4 full TeraPack magazines
Entry/Exit pool:
2 chambers, each contains an
empty TeraPack magazine.
 Storage pool:
11 chambers contain
full magazines
 4 chambers contain
empty magazines
Data Center: No reserved media or
magazines.