Spectra T950 - Moving Cartridges Within a Partition; Move Cartridges Using the Bluescale Inventory Screen

Chapter 8 — Using the Cartridge Inventory Moving Cartridges Within a Partition
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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MOVING CARTRIDGES WITHIN A PARTITION
Overview Duringnormaloperations,youtypicallyuseyourstorage
managementsoftwaretomovecartridgesfromonelocationtoanother
withinthelibrary.However,youmayoccasionallyneedtocreateand
processamovequeuetodirectthelibrarytomovecartridgesmanually.
Thiscanbedoneusingthelibrary’sBlueScaleinterfacetolocateandmove
individualcartridges(forexample,tomoveacleaningcartridgestoredin
thestoragepartitiontoadriveifyouarenotusingtheAutoDriveClean
option)orbyuploadingaseriesofmovestoastoragepartitionusinga
speciallyformattedASCIItextfile.Usetheinstructionsinoneofthe
followingsectionstomanuallydirectcartridgemoves.
 MoveCartridgesUsingtheBlueScaleInventoryScreen
 MoveCartridgesUsinganASCIIMoveFileonpage270
User Privilege Requirements Theuserprivilegerequirementswhen
movingcartridgesinastoragepartition dependonhowthelibraryisbeing
accessed.SeeSpecifythePartitionUsersonpage205forinformationabout
assigninguserstoapartition.
 Anyuserwithoperatorprivilegeswhoisassignedtothepartitionand
alluserswithsuperuseroradministratorprivilegescanmove
cartridgeswithinthepartitionusingtheBlueScaleinterfaceonthe
operatorpanel.
 Onlyauserwithsuperuseroradministratorprivilegescanmove
cartridgeswithinthepartitionusingtheBlueScalewebinterface(RLC)
oruploadamovequeuefile.
Usage Requirements Uploadingamovequeuefilerequireseithera
remoteconnectiontothelibraryusingtheBlueScalewebinterface(RLC)or
aUSBdeviceconnectedtotheLCMoroperatorpanel(T950Bonly).
Move Cartridges Using the BlueScale Inventory Screen
Thelibraryusesamovequeuetodirecttapecartridgemoves.Themove
queuelistsoneormoresource/destinationpairs,witheachpair
representingasinglemoveoperation.
Manually Create the Move Queue Usethefollowingstepstocreatethe
movequeueusingtheBlueScaleInventoryscreen.
1. Logintothelibraryasauserwiththerequiredprivileges(seeUser
PrivilegeRequirementsabove).