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Chapter 12—Library Troubleshooting Resolving Operational Issues
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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Cartridge left in a
Global Spare tape
drive after a library
power-cycle or
reset.
Ifthelibrarylosespowerorif
youresetorpower‐cyclethe
librarywhilethePostScan
processisrunning,the
cartridgebeingscanned
remainsinthedrive.The
librarygeneratesamessageto
notifyyouthattheGlobal
Sparecontainsacartridgeafter
itcompletesitsinitialization
process.
CAUTION: Make sure the drive you are sparing is
not actively running a backup or restore
operation. This could cause backups to fail.
Usethefollowingstepstoreturnthecartridge
toitsstoragelocation:
1. Examinethepartitioninventoriesto
determineinwhichpartitionthecartridge
belongs(see
Viewthe CartridgeInventory
foraPartitiononpage217).
2. SubstitutetheGlobalSparetapedrive
containingthecartridgeforanotherdrive
inthesamepartition(see
UsingaGlobal
SpareDriveonpage402).
3. Movethecartridgeoutofthedriveand
returnittoitsstoragelocation(see
Move
CartridgesWithinaPartitiononpage219).
4. ReturnthedrivebacktoGlobalSpare
status(see
UndotheGlobalSpareDriveon
page405).
Element addresses
change after
installing
additional drives.
Installingadditionaldrives
intothelibrary,orremoving
drivesfromthelibrary,may
causethelibrarytoreassign
elementaddresses.
Toavoiderrorsafteraddinganewdrive,
makesurethatyoureconfiguretheelement
addressesyourstoragemanagementsoftware 
usestoaccessdriveswhenyouinstallanew
drive(refertoyoursoftwaredocumentation
forinstructions).
Cartridge is left in
the robotics
following a move.
Thelibrarywasunableto
insertthecartridgeintoits
originalslotandnoempty
slotsareavailable.Thelibrary
postsasystemmessageand
halts.
ContactSpectraLogictechnicalsupportfor
assistance(see
ContactingSpectraLogicon
page7).
Issue Cause Resolution