Spectra T50e - Importing Cartridges; Import Overview

Chapter 7—Using Cartridges in the Library Importing Cartridges
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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IMPORTING CARTRIDGES
Thissectiondescribeshowtoimportcartridgesintothelibrary.
Import Overview
Whenimportingcartridgesintothelibrary,keepinmindtheinformation
inthefollowingsections.
Import Requirements
Partitions Youmusthaveoneormorepartitionsdefinedbeforeyoucan
importcartridgesintothelibrary.Chapter6–ConfiguringandManaging
Partitions,beginningonpage154providesdetailedinstructionsfor
creatingpartitions.
Makesurethatthepartitionhassufficientemptyslotsavailableto
accommodatethecartridgesyouplantoimport.Thepartition’sImport/
Exportscreenshowsthenumberofemptyslotsavailable(seeFigure131
onpage205).Iftherearenoemptyslotsavailableinthepartition,export
oneormorecartridgesfromthepartition(seeExportingorExchanging
Cartridgesonpage207).
Capacity Expansion Slots Ifyouareusingthecapacityexpansionslots,
youmustimportcartridgesintothoseslotsasdescribedinImport
IndividualCartridgesonpage205.Youcannotbulk‐loadtheseslots.
Cartridge Labeling Makesurethateachdataandcleaningcartridgeis
labeledwithauniquebarcode(seePreparetheCartridgesforUseon
page197).
Cleaning Partition Whenimportingcleaningcartridgesintoacleaning
partition,keepthefollowinginmind:
 Thecleaningcartridgesinacleaningpartitioncanonlybeusedfor
drivesinastoragepartitionthatisconfiguredtousethatcleaning
partition.Associatingacleaningpartitionwiththedrivesinastorage
partitionautomaticallyenablestheAutoDriveCleanfeatureforthat
partition(seeAllocateSlotsandDrivesonpage175).
 Thecleaningcartridgesinthecleaningpartitionareinaccessibletothe
applicationsoftwarerunningonthehost.Makesurethatyoudisable
anysoftware‐baseddrivecleaningtopreventrepeatedrequeststo
importacleaningcartridge.
 Ifyourstoragemanagementsoftwaresupportsautomateddrive
cleaningandyouplantousethismethodtocleanthedrivesinsteadof
thelibrary’sAutoDriveCleanfeature,refertoyoursoftware
documentationforinstructions.Youmustimporttheproperlylabeled
cleaningcartridgesintothestoragepartition.