Spectra T950 - Understanding the Cartridge Inventory; Viewing and; Ownloading the Cartridge; November

Chapter 8 — Using the Cartridge Inventory Understanding the Cartridge Inventory
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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UNDERSTANDING THE CARTRIDGE INVENTORY
Theinventoryisarecordofallthecartridgesstoredineachlibrary
partitionandtheircurrentlocations(forexample,inaspecificslotina
TeraPackmagazine,orinadrive).Ascartridgesareimportedintoa
partition,thebarcodereaderonthetransporterreadsthebarcodelabelson
theindividualcartridgesandthemagazines.Thelibraryusesthisbarcode
informationtomaintainitsphysicalinventory,whichisstoredintheRCM.
TheInventoryscreen,availablefromtheGeneraltoolbar,letsyouinteract
withthecartridgeinventoryinthefollowingways:
VIEWING AND DOWNLOADING THE CARTRIDGE INVENTORY
Overview TheInventoryscreenprovidesinformationaboutthecartridge
inventoryforeachofthepartitionsconfiguredinthelibrary.Italso
providesoptionsforinteractingwiththatinventorytomovecartridges
fromonelocationtoanother.
Requirements WhenusingtheInventoryscreen,keepthefollowing
requirementsinmind:
 Anyuserwithoperatorprivilegeswhoisassignedtothepartitionand
alluserswithsuperuseroradministratorprivilegescanviewand
downloadthecartridgeinventory.
 DownloadinganXMLfilecontainingthecurrentcartridgeinventory
forapartitionrequireseitheraremoteconnectiontothelibraryusing
theBlueScalewebinterface(RLC)oraUSBdeviceconnectedtothe
library.
If you want to... The inventory screen lets you...
Viewinformation
aboutthe
cartridgesina
partition,
 Viewthecartridgeslocatedinastoragepartition’sstoragepool,itsentry/exit
pool,oradrive.
 Viewthecartridgeslocatedinacleaningpartitionandidentifyexpired
cartridges.An“x”appearsnexttotheslotnumberifthecleaningcartridgeis
expired.
 DownloadanXMLfilethatliststheinventoryofeverylocationinthe
selectedstoragepartition(see
DownloadtheCartridgeInventory on
page260).
Locateaspecific
cartridgeinthe
partition,
Searchforacartridgeusingeitheritsbarcodelabelinformationoritsslot
location(seeLocatingaSpecificCartridgeonpage264).
Moveacartridge
fromonelocation
toanother,
 Findandselectaspecificcartridgewithinapartitionandmoveittoanother
location(see
MovingCartridgesWithinaPartitiononpage265).
 Automateaseriesofmov esinastoragepartitionbyuploadingaspecially
formattedASCIItextfilethatcontainsasequenceofmovestothepartition 
(see
CreateaMoveQueueFileonpage270).