Move Medium
168 SL500: Interface Reference Manual • July 2008 Revision: F • 96122
Move Medium Command Definitions:
Transport Element
Address
This field defines the robot element to use and should contain the element
address 00h. A value of 00h indicates use of the default hand.
If any other value is entered it will be ignored.
Source Element Address This field is the element address from which the cartridge tape is to be
removed. This may be a storage cell, a CAP cell, or a tape drive.
Destination Element
Address
This field is the element address where the cartridge tape is to be placed.
This may be a storage cell, a CAP cell, or a tape drive.
Invert The library does not support this function and requires a value of 0.
Move Option These two bits define optional operations associated with the Move Medium
command.
■ 00 = The library performs a normal move medium operation
■ 10 = The library performs a mount operation with write protect enabled.
That is, the user can read the data on the cartridge but cannot write to the
cartridge. This option is valid only when the destination element address is
a data transfer element. If the destination data transfer element (tape drive)
does not support this feature or fails to acknowledge the write-protected
mount option, the mount fails.
In either case, the library returns the Hardware Error sense key (04) with an
ASC of 40 and an ASCQ of 02 (Drive Error).
■ 11 = The data transfer element specified in the source element field performs
a rewind, followed by a unload operation and then the move medium
operation. This option is valid only when the source element address is a
data transfer element.
Use this option with care because it might interfere with operations being
performed on the data path of the data transfer element.
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