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Chapter 7—Using Cartridges in the Library Using the Cartridge Inventory
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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Using the Access Port as the move source or destination Movinga
cartridgetoorfromtheaccessportopenstheaccessportaspartofthe
move.Eachmov erequiresyoutophysicallyclosetheaccessportto
completethemoveandbeginprocessingthenextmove.Forthisreason,the
Access Portoptionisonlyavailableasthesourceordestinationforamove
whenyouareusingthelibraryoperatorpanel;itisnotavailablewhen
usingremoteaccessthroughtheBlueScalewebinterface.
Becausethe accessportopensasapartofanymov ethatincludestheaccess
port,amov equeuethatusestheaccessportisespeciallyusefulfor
importingorexportingcartridges.
Note: Allmovesthatusetheaccessportmustbeinthesamedirection
(eitherfromasourcelocationtotheaccessportorfromthe
accessporttoadestinationlocation).Thedirectionofthefirst
moveinthequeuedictatesthedirectionforsubsequentmoves.
Importsandexportscannotbeperformedinthesamemove
queue.
 Importingcartridges—Youcanimportoneormorecartridgesintoa
partitionbycreatingamovequeuethatmov eseachcartridgefromthe
accessporttoaspecificslotinthepartition.Thistypeofmovequeueis
analternativetousingtheImport/ExportscreenasdescribedinImport
IndividualCartridgesonpage205.
 Exportingorexchangingcartridges—Youcanexportindividual
cartridgesfromapartitionusingamovequeuethatmoveseach
cartridgefromitsslotinthepartitiontotheaccessportsothatyoucan
removethecartridgeorexchangeitforadifferentone.Thistypeof
movequeueisespeciallyusefulwhenyouneedtoexchangeanexpired
cleaningcartridgeforanewone.
Using the EE slot as the move source or destination Movingacartridgeto
orfromtheE/Eslotdoesnotopentheaccessport.Thenextmoveinthe
queueisprocessedassoonasthemovetotheE/Eslotcompletes.Forthis
reason,theEE slotoptionisavailableasamovesourceordestinationfrom
boththeoperator
panelandtheBlueScalewebinterface.
MovingacartridgetotheE/Eslotisespeciallyusefulifyouwanttouse
oneofthecartridgesinthepartitionasthescratchcartridgerequiredby
theDLMDriveHealthVerificationwizard(see
UsingDLMtoTestanLTO
Driveonpage407).MovingacartridgetotheE/Eslotalsomakesit
possibletotransferadatacartridgefromonestoragepartitiontoanother
withoutopeningtheaccessport.However,themovefromtheE/Eslottoa
slotinadifferentpartitionmustbeperformedusingaseparatemove
queue.
Important
If you configure a move queue to include a move to the E/E slot, neither the EE slot
nor the access port is available as a destination for subsequent moves in that
queue. When a cartridge is moved to the E/E slot, you must use the Open Door
button on the Import/Export screen to open the access port and then remove the
cartridge.