Spectra T50e - Move Cartridges Within a Partition

Chapter 7—Using Cartridges in the Library Using the Cartridge Inventory
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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3. Locatethedesiredcartridgeusingoneofthefollowingmethods.
Move 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usethelibrary’s
BlueScaleinterfacetomov eanindividualcartridgefromonelocationto
anotherinsidethelibrarywithoutusingtheyourstoragemanagement
software(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).
Thesetypesofmovesareperformedusingamovequeuethatisconfigured
throughtheInventoryscreen.
Move queue Amovequeueisalistofoneormoresource/destination
pairs,witheachpairrepresentingasinglemoveoperation.Allmoves
performedusingtheInventoryscreenrequirecreatingamovequeuethat
specifiesthesourceanddestinationforeachcartridgemove.
Note: Themaximumnumberofmovesthatcanbeconfiguredina
singlemovequeueis100source/destinationpairs.
To locate by... Do the following...
Viewingthe
cartridgeinventory
list,
1. Scrollthroughthelistuntilyoufindtheslotnumberorbarcodeforthe
desiredcartridge.
2. Clickthebarcodetoselectthecartridge.
Important: Only the slots below the top one displayed in the list are searched.
Scroll to the top of the source list before clicking Find. The search starts at the
second visible slot.
Searchingfora
specificbarcode,
1. Enterthebarcodelabelinformationforthecartri dgeyouwanttolocateinthe
Find by Barcodefield.
2. ClickFind.Thecartridgeinventorylistrefreshestoshowtherequested
cartridgehighlightedatthetopofthelist.
3. Clickthebarcodetoselectthecartridge.
Important: Only the slots below the top one displayed in the list are searched.
Scroll to the top of the source list before clicking Find. The search starts at the
second visible slot.
Important
You cannot use the Inventory screen to move a cleaning cartridge in a cleaning
partition to a drive in a storage partition. Instead, use the Clean button on the
Drives screen (see
Manually Cleaning a Drive on page 439).