Spectra T950 - Prepare the Storage Partition or the Cleaning Partition

Chapter 7 — Importing and Exporting Cartridges Importing into a Storage or Cleaning Partition
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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Prepare the Storage Partition or the Cleaning Partition
Beforeimportingmagazinesintoastoragepartitionoracleaningpartition,
makesurethatthepartitionhassufficientemptyslotsorchambers
availabletoaccommodatethecartridgesormagazinesyouplantoimport.
 Ifyouplantoimportcartridgesintothestoragepartition’sentry/exit
pool,andthenuseyourstoragemanagementsoftwaretomovethe
cartridgestothestoragepool,checktheInventoryscreenforthe
partitiontomakesurethatthestoragepoolhasanemptyslotavailable
toaccommodateeachimportedcartridge(seeViewingand
DownloadingtheCartridgeInventoryonpage257).Ifthereare
insufficientemptyslotsavailableinthestoragepool,dooneofthe
followingtopreparethestoragepooltoreceivetheimported
cartridges:
 Ifthepartition’sstoragepoolhasemptychambers,importoneor
moreTeraPackmagazineswithemptyslotsintothestoragepool
(seeImporttheMagazinesonpage230).
 Ifthepartition’sstoragepooldoesnothaveanymagazineswith
emptyslots,useyourstoragemanagementsoftwaretoeject
cartridgesfromthelibrary.Thelibrarymovestheejectedcartridges
fromthepartition’sstoragepooltomagazinesinitsentry/exitpool.
Youcanthenexportthemagazinesfromthelibrary(seeExport
MagazinesfromaPartitiononpage238).Theresultingemptyslots
inthestoragepoolarenowavailablefornewlyimportedcartridges.
 Exchangeafullmagazineinthestoragepoolforonecontaining
emptyslots(seeExchangeMagazinesorCartridgesinaPartitionon
page243).
 Ifyouplantoimportcartridgesdirectlyintothepartition’sstorage
pool,makesurethatthestoragepoolhasanemptychamberforeach
magazineyouplantoimport.Thepartition’sImport/ExportTe raPack
Casesscreenshowsthenumberofemptychambersavailableinthe
partition’sstoragepool(see
Figure145onpage230).Ifthereareno
emptychambersavailableinthestoragepool,exportoneormore
magazinesfromthestoragepool(see
ExportMagazinesfroma
Partitiononpage238).
 Ifyouplantoimportcleaningcartridgesintoacleaningpartition,make
surethatthereisanemptychamberforeachmaintenancemagazine
youplantoimport.Iftherearenoemptychambersavailableinthe
cleaningpartition,exportoneormoremagazines.Alternatively,you
canexchangeexpiredcleaningcartridgesfor
newonesinthe
magazinesalreadypresentinthecleaningpartitionwithouthavingto
importadditionalmagazines(seeExportorExchangeExpired
CleaningCartridgesonpage247).