Spectra T50e - Import Multiple Cartridges Using Bulk Load

Chapter 7—Using Cartridges in the Library Importing Cartridges
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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Auto Discovery MediaAutoDiscoveryandPreScanarebackground
operationsthat usethedrivesinapartitiontodiscovernewlyimported
LTOcartridgesandaddthemtotheMLMdatabase.Thediscoveryprocess
cannotbeginwhilethehostsareactivelyloadingcartridgesintoor
unloadingcartridgesfromthedrives.Ifyouimportcartridgesduringthis
time,thelibrarypostsafailuremessagestatingthatnodrivesareavailable
toperformthediscoveryprocess.
Eitherwaituntilthelibraryisidlebeforebeginningtheimportormanually
startthediscoveryprocessforimportedcartridgeswhenthelibraryisidle.
SeeInitiateMediaDiscoveryManuallyonpage243forinstructions.
Additional Requirements and Restrictions SeeUnderstandingCartridge
ImportandExportonpage193foradditionalrequirementsand
restrictionswhenimportingcartridges.
Import Options
Themethodyouusetoimportcartridgesdependsonwhetheryouare
importingindividualcartridgesintothelibraryaspartofday‐to‐day
operationsoryouareloadingcartridgesintothelibraryforthefirsttime
followinginstallation.
Bulk Load (Initial Loading of Cartridges) SpectraLogicrecommendsthat
youonlyusetheBulkLoadoptionwhenyouareloadingcartridgesinto
thelibraryaspartoftheinitialinstallationprocess.
 Whenyoufirstinstallyourlibraryandloadcartridgesforuse,youmay
prefertousetheBulkLoadoptiontosavetime.
 UsingtheBulkLoadoptionhasanassociatedriskofinventory
corruptionifyoupreviouslyimportedcartridges,definedyour
partitions,andareusingthelibrarywithMLMenabled.
SeeImportMultipleCartridgesUsingBulkLoadonpage199foradetailed
descriptionofhowtoloadcartridgesintothelibraryusingthisoption.
Single Cartridge Import (Day-to-Day Operations) Fornormalday‐to‐day
operation,individualcartridgesareimportedmanuallyusingtheaccess
port.Youcanimportasmanycartridgesasneededusingthisoption.See
ImportIndividualCartridgesonpage205.
Import Multiple Cartridges Using Bulk Load
SpectraLogicrecommendsthatyouonlyusetheBulkLoadoptionwhen
youareloadingdatacartridgesintoasingle‐partitionlibraryaspartofthe
initialinstallationprocess.