Spectra T950 - Move Cartridges Using an ASCII Move File

Chapter 8 — Using the Cartridge Inventory Moving Cartridges Within a Partition
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3. Whenthemovescomplete,useyourstoragemanagementsoftwareto
updatetheinventoryitmaintains,ifnecessary(seeUpdatingthe
StorageManagementSoftwareInventoryonpage252).
Move Cartridges Using an ASCII Move File
Create a Move Queue File Ifdesired,youcancreateanASCIItextfilethat
listssourcesanddestinationsforaseriesofmovesanduploadthatmove
queuefiletothelibrary.Thisoptionisparticularlyusefulifyouneedto
movealargenumberofcartridges.
Notes:  Theoptiontouploadamovequeuefileisonlyavailablefor
storagepartitions.
 MovestoorfromtheTAParenotsupported.
1. Useoneofthefollowingmethodstoobtainaninventorylistingforthe
partitioninwhichyouplantomovethecartridges:
 DownloadthepartitioninventoryusingtheAdvancedoptiononthe
Inventoryscreen(seeDownloadtheCartridgeInventoryon
page260).
 DownloadthepartitioninventoryusingtheXMLcommand
interface.Seethe
SpectraTapeLibrariesXMLCommandReferencefora
detaileddescriptionofeachparameterinthedownloadedinventory
file.
Note: Bothmethodsreturnthesameinformation.
Start in Background Beginprocessingthemovesinthebackground.The frontpanelorRLCis
availableforsomeoperations.
Notes:
 Youarenotabletoeditthepartition,importorexportcartridgesintothe
partition,orcreateanothermovequeueforthepartitionwhilebackground
movesareinprogress.
 Start in Backgroundisnotavailableifthemovequeueincludesmovestoor
fromtheTAP .
 Thelibrarypostsinformationalmessagesafterevery10movesinthemove
queueandwhentheallmovescomplete.
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Important
The maximum number of moves that can be configured in a single move queue is
100 source/destination pairs.
Important
The barcode for a cartridge can only be used as the source in the first move of that
cartridge in a connected sequence of moves. The remaining moves in the sequence
must specify either a slot or a drive as the source. For example, in a sequence that
moves a cartridge from a storage slot to a drive and then back to the storage slot,
only the move from the slot to the drive can use the barcode as the source.