Spectra T950 - Exporting or Exchanging Magazines and Cartridges

Chapter 7 — Importing and Exporting Cartridges Exporting or Exchanging Magazines and Cartridges
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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Ifyouplantoimportadditionalcartridges,exportemptymagazinesleftin
theentry/exitpoolafterthestoragemanagementsoftwaremovedallofthe
previouslyimportedcartridgestothestoragepool.Theresultingempty
chambersareneededforfutureimportoperations(seeExportMagazines
fromaPartitiononpage238).
Iftherearenomagazineswithemptyslotsintheentry/exitpool,followthe
stepsinExchangeMagazinesorCartridgesinaPartitiononpage243to
exchangethefullmagazinesformagazinesthathaveemptyslots.
EXPORTING OR EXCHANGING MAGAZINES AND CARTRIDGES
Overview Thissectionprovidesinstructionsforexportingorexchanging
allofthemagazinesandcartridgesinastoragepartition’sentry/exitor
storagepoolorallofthemaintenancemagazinesinacleaningpartition.
Notes:  Ifyouwanttoexportorexchangeaspecificmagazineora
specificcartridge,usetheAdvancedoption,asdescribedin
UsingtheAdvancedImport/ExportOptionsonpage249.
 Ifyouwanttoexportorexchangeasmallnumberof
cartridges,youcanalsousetheInventoryscreentomovethe
magazinecontainingthedesiredcartridgetotheTAPsothat
youcanremoveorexchangeanindividualcartridgeand
thenmovethemagazinebacktoitsoriginallocation(see
MovingCartridgesWithinaPartitiononpage265).
Requirements SeeImportandExportOverviewonpage224for
informationaboutrequirementsandrestrictionswhenexportingor
exchangingmagazines.
Export process TheexportprocessuseseitherthedualTAPinthemain
frameorthebulkTAPtophysicallyremoveallofthemagazines(andany
cartridgestheycontain)fromtheselectedlocation(acleaningpartitionora
storagepartition’sentry/exitpoolorstoragepool).Theexported
magazinesarenotreplacedbynewmagazines.
Thefollowingstepsdescribetheprocessforexportingcartridgesfroma
storagepartitionusingtheentry/exitpool.Usingthismethodensuresthat
themediainventorymaintainedbythestoragemanagementsoftware
remainsaccurate.
1. Useyourstoragemanagementsoftwaretotellthelibrarytoejectthe
cartridgesfromthelibrary.
Important
Make sure that the magazines you export are not filled with cartridges that you just
imported but are not yet moved to the storage pool using your storage
management software.