Spectra T950 - Importing into a Storage or Cleaning Partition

Chapter 7 — Importing and Exporting Cartridges Importing into a Storage or Cleaning Partition
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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DiscoverCartridgesManuallyonpage296forinstructions.
IMPORTING INTO A STORAGE OR CLEANING PARTITION
Overview Duringnormaloperations,magazinescontainingdata
cartridgesaretypicallyimportedtoastoragepartition’sentry/exitpool
andthenmovedtothestoragepoolusingyourstoragemanagement
software.Thisprocessensuresthatthemediainventorymaintainedbythe
storagemanagementsoftwareisaccurate.
Anexceptionisthefirsttimethatcartridgesareloadedintoastorage
partition.Unlessyourstoragemanagementsoftwarerequiresyoutouse
thesoftwaretoperformallimports,importingmagazinesdirectlyintoa
storagepartition’sstoragepoolsimplifiesloadingastoragepartitionfor
thefirsttime.Afterthecartridgesareimportedintothestoragepool,they
areavailableforimmediateusebythestoragemanagementsoftware.
Import Requirements
Partitions Youmusthaveoneormorepartitionsdefinedbeforeyoucan
importmagazinesintothelibrary.SeeChapter2–ArchitectureOverview,
beginningonpage55forinformationaboutpartitionsandpools.
Chapter6–ConfiguringandManagingPartitions,beginningonpage181
providesdetailedinstructionsforcreatingpartitions.
Cartridges and Magazines Allcartridgesareimportedintothelibrary
usingmagazines.Beforebeginning,haveonhandthecartridgesthatyou
wanttoimportintothepartition.Ifnecessary,preparethecartridgesas
describedinPreparingCartridgesforUseonpage221.
Ifyouareimportingmagazinesintothestoragepartition’sstoragepoolfor
thefirsttime,themaximumnumberofmagazinesyouneedequalsthe
numberofchambersassignedtothestoragepoolforthepartition(see
CreatingaStoragePartitiononpage190).Youdonotneedtofillallslotsin
themagazinesorallofthechambersinthepartition.However,anyempty
chambersareinaccessibletothestoragemanagementsoftware.