Chapter 8 — Using the Cartridge Inventory Moving Cartridges Within a Partition
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2. UsinganASCIItexteditor,createafilecontainingthelistofmovesyou
wanttoconfigure.Eachlineofthemovequeuefilemustspecifya
sourceanddestinationseparatedbyadelimiter.
Theformatofeachlineis:
[source_id][source_num][delimiter][destination_id]
[destination_num]
where:
Note: Theslotnumbersanddrivenumbersareassignedbythelibrary.
For this variable... The possible values are... Description...
source_id SLOT —Thecartridgeismoved
fromaslotinthestoragepool.
EE—Thecartridgeismovedfrom
aslotintheentry/exitpool.
DRIVE—Thecartridgeismoved
fromthedrive.
BC—Thecartridgetobemovedis
identifiedbyitsbarcodelabel
information.
Note: Thevaluesarenotcase‐
sensitive.
Specifiesthelocationtypeforthe
sourcefromwhichyouwanttomove
thecartridge.
source_num
Apositiveintegerforallsource_id
valuesexceptBC.
Thehuman‐readablebarcodelabel
characterstringifthesource_idis
BC.
Important: If the cartridge does
not have a valid barcode label,
then you must specify both the
element type for the source_id
and the number of the slot in the
entry/exit or storage pool or the
number of the drive where the
cartridge is located for the
source_num.
Specificallyidentifiesthecartridgetobe
moved,eitherbytheIDoftheslotor
drivewhereitiscurrentlylocatedorby
thebarcodelabelonthecartridge.
Ifthesource_idisSLOTorEE,this
valueisthenumberassignedtothe
slotwherethecartridgeiscurrently
located.Locatethe<offset>
parameterforthedesiredcartridgein
thedownloadedinventoryfileand
usethatvalueasthesource_num.
Ifthesource_idisDRIVE,thisvalueis
thenumberofthedrivewherethe
cartridgeiscurrentlylocated.Locate
the<offset>parameterforthedrivein
thedownloadedinventoryfileand
usethatvalueasthesource_num.
Ifthesource_idisBC,thisvalueisthe
human‐readablebarcodecharacter
stringforthecartridgetobemoved.
Locatethe<barcode>parameterfor
thedesiredcartridgeinthe
downloadedinventoryfileanduse
thatvalueasthesource_num.