Spectra T950 - Prepare for the Export or Exchange; Export Magazines from a Partition

Chapter 7 — Importing and Exporting Cartridges Exporting or Exchanging Magazines and Cartridges
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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2. Thelibrarymoveseachcartridgeoutofthepartition’sstoragepooland
intoanemptyslotinaTeraPackmagazinealreadystoredintheentry/
exitpool.
3. Whenalloftherequestedcartridgesaremovedtotheentry/exitpool,
thelibraryreportstothesoftwarethattheexportrequestiscomplete.
4. Atyourconvenience,youcanthenexportthemagazinesintheentry/
exitpoolfromthelibraryusingcontrolsontheImport/ExportTeraPack
CasesscreenoftheuserinterfaceandeitherthecenterTAPorleftTAP .
Exchange process Theexchangeprocessmoveseachofthemagazinesin
theselectedlocationtoeitherthedualTAPinthemainframeorthebulk
TAPsothatyoucanexchangethemagazinesforothersofthesametype.
Youcanalsoremoveorexchangeoneormoreindividualcartridgesina
magazinewhileleavingtheothercartridgesinplace.Exchanging
cartridgesinamagazineisespeciallyusefulwhenyouneedtotemporarily
importacleaningcartridgeintothestoragepoolaspartofdrive
maintenance.
Prepare for the Export or Exchange
 Ifyouareexchangingcartridgesormagazines,haveonhandthe
prepareddatacartridgesandproperlylabeledmagazines(see
PreparingCartridgesforUseonpage221).
 RecommendedIfyouwanttoexportcartridgesfromastorage
partition,useyourstoragemanagementsoftwaretoejectthedesired
cartridgesfromthepartition’sstoragepool.Youcanthenexportthe
cartridgesfromtheentry/exitpool.Usingthismethodtoexport
cartridgesfromastoragepartitionensuresthatthemediainventory
maintainedbythestoragemanagementsoftwareremainsaccurate.
 Exportingamagazinedirectlyfromthestoragepoolisnot
recommendedunlessyouareexportingallofthemagazinesfroma
partition.Thisprocessisoftenreferredtoasa“bulkexport.”
Ifyouchoosetoexportmagazinesdirectlyfromthestoragepartition’s
storagepool,besuretouseyourstoragemanagementsoftwareto
updateitsmediainventoryaftercompletingtheexport(see
Updating
theSoftwareMediaInventoryonpage255).
Export Magazines from a Partition
1. Logintothelibraryasauserwiththeprivilegesappropriatetothe
locationfromwhichyouareexportingmagazines(see
UserPrivilege
Requirementonpage225).