Spectra T50e - Locate a Specific Cartridge

Chapter 7—Using Cartridges in the Library Understanding the Cartridge Inventory
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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9. Useyourstoragemanagementsoftwaretoupdatethecartridge
inventoryitmaintains(seeUpdatingtheSoftwareMediaInventoryon
page225).
UNDERSTANDING THE CARTRIDGE INVENTORY
Thelibrary’scartridgeinventoryisviewedusingtheInventoryscreenon
theBlueScaleuserinterface.Theinventoryisarecordofallthecartridges
storedineachlibrarypartitionandtheircurrentlocations(inaspecificslot
orinadrive).Ascartridgesareimportedintoapartition,thebarcode
readerontheroboticsreadsthebarcodelabelsontheindividual
cartridges.Thelibraryusesthisbarcodeinformationtomaintainits
physicalinventory,whichisstoredinthelibrary’svolatilememory.
Note: Becauseitisstoredinvolatilememory,thecartridgeinventoryis
lostwhenthelibraryispoweredoff.Thelibraryreestablishesthe
inventoryeachtimeitispoweredonbyscanningalloftheslots
forcartridgesandrecordingthebarcodelabelinformationfor
eachcartridgeitdetects.
USING THE CARTRIDGE INVENTORY
Overview TheInventoryscreen,whichlistsallofthecartridgescurrently
storedintheselectedpartition,isaccessedfromtheGeneralmenu.Youuse
theInventoryscreentointeractwiththecartridgeinventoryinthe
followingways:
Important
After using Bulk Unload to remove cartridges from the library you must use your
storage management software to update the inventory it maintains in order to
prevent the software from attempting to use the cartridges.
If you want to... The Inventory screen lets you... See...
Viewinformation
aboutthe
cartridgesina
partition,
 Viewthebarcodelabelinformationandlocations
forcartridgeslocatedinastoragepartition.
 Viewthebarcodelabelinformationandlocations
forcartridgeslocatedinacleaningpartition.
 Identifyexpiredcleaningcartridges.An*
(asterisk)appearsnexttotheslotnumberifthe
cleaningcartridgeisexpired.
ViewtheCartridge
InventoryforaPartition
onpage217
Locateaspecific
cartridgeinthe
partition,
Searchforacartridgeinapartitionusingits
barcodelabelinformation.
LocateaSpecific
Cartridgeonpage218