When the library performs an automatic inventory because the front door was closed, the
inventory occurs only for those frames whose doors have been opened.
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This section explains an inventory with audit and the time required for this operation in
a TS3500 Tape Library with HD frames.
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Inventory with audit times
This section explains an inventory with audit and the time required for this operation in a
TS3500 Tape Library with HD frames.
The process of moving cartridges in an HD slot in order to scan each barcode label is
referred to as an
audit
. For all inventory operations, an HD slot is only audited when one of
the following changes occurs:
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A Tier 1 cartridge barcode label has changed
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Enough Tier 1 barcode labels have changed in a column to warrant an audit of the
entire column of HD slots
An audit can also be requested via the Tape Library Specialist Web interface or by using a
vendor-specific SCSI command.
Note:
It is recommended that manual access of HD slots be limited to the initial bulk
loading of the frame.
The typical time required for the TS3500 Tape Library to audit cartridges is less than 30
seconds per full HD slot. The typical time required for the TS3500 Tape Library to audit a
column of full HD slots in a Model S54 frame is less than 10 minutes and in a Model S24
frame is less than 8 minutes. If the inventory with audit includes column 9 of an HD frame
at the end of a library string, the inventory could take an additional 3 to 6 minutes.
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