Spectra T950 - Page 357

Chapter 12 — Library Troubleshooting Resolving Operational Issues
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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Cartridge left in a
tape drive after a
library power-
cycle or reset
If the drive is a
Global Spare, see
Cartridge left in a
Global Spare tape
drive after a
library power-
cycle or reset
Ifthelibrarylosespower
duringbackupoperations
oryouresetorpower‐
cyclethelibrarywithout
firstunloadingallofthe
drives,cartridgesmay
remaininthedrives.
CAUTION: When the Unload Drives utility runs,
cartridges are unloaded from all drives in the
selected partition(s), even if they are active. This
could cause backups to fail. Do not use the
Unload Drives utility when file storage operations
are actively running.
1. Fromthetoolbarmenu,selectMaintenance >
Too ls .TheMaintenanceToolsscreendisplays.
2. SelectUtilities.TheUtilitiesscreendisplays.
3. ClickShow Advanced.TheAdvancedUtilities
Confirmationscreendisplays.
4. ClickNext.TheUtilitiesscreenrefreshestoshow
alistoftheadvancedutilities.
5. ScrolldownandselectUnload Drives.
6. FromtheSelect the partition or library drop‐down
list,selectapartitionorTotal Librar y.
7. ClickRun Utility.
8. Aprogressscreendisplays,alldrivesassignedto
partitionsinthefulllibraryortheselected
partitionareunloaded,andthecartridgesare
returnedtotheiroriginalslotsorthefirst
availableslotiftheoriginalslotisnotavailable.
Whentheoperationiscomplete,aUtilityResults
screendisplays.
Note: Thisutilitydoesnotunloadcartridgesfrom
GlobalSparetapedrivesbeingusedforPostScan.If
thereisacartridgeleftinaGlobalSparetapedrive,
see
CartridgeleftinaGlobalSparetapedriveaftera
librarypower‐cycleorreset.
Cartridge left in a
Global Spare tape
drive after a
library power-
cycle or reset
Ifthelibrarylosespower
orifyouresetorpower‐
cyclethelibrarywhilethe
PostScanprocessis
running,thecartridge
beingscannedremainsin
thedrive.Thelibrary
generatesamessa geto
notifyyouthattheGlobal
Sparecontainsacartridge
afteritcompletesits
initializationprocess.
CAUTION: Make sure the drive you are sparing is
not actively running a backup or restore
operation. This could cause backups to fail.
Usethefollowingstepstoreturnthecartridgetoits
storagelocation:
1. Examinethepartitioninventoriestodeterminein
whichpartitionthecartridgebelongs(see
ViewingandDownloadingtheCartridge
Inventoryonpage257).
2. SubstitutetheGlobalSparetapedrivecontaining
thecartridgeforanotherdriveinthesamepartition
(see
UsetheGlobalSpareDriveonpage397).
3. Movethecartridgeoutofthedriveandreturnit
toitsstoragelocation(see
MovingCartridges
WithinaPartitiononpage265).
4. ReturnthedrivebacktoGlobalSparestatus.(see
UndotheGlobalSpareDriveonpage400).
Issue Cause Resolution