Product Description
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Cartridge storage locations assigned to sequential operations are not included in the
anger places the first
cartridge, found at (or after) the initial specified storage location into the drive. When
n
st specified
cartridge in the sequence is ejected and returned to storage. This sequence may be
nd at
e
n the
ual Bin
operation. All Library drives, and all cartridge locations not assigned to sequential
ition the library’s resources to best meet
overall system needs.
2.8.4
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d
l on the front panel. If the host makes a request to the RLS
during a manual operation, the RLS indicates it is busy until the manual operation is
in a few seconds).
2.8.5
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library-aware backup application.
However, when multiple hosts are present and each needs to run a library specific
backup application, then the RLS can be sub-divided into smaller
library partitions
.
Each partition requires at least one dedicated tape drive. Note that when tape drives
gets cartridges to be placed in the sequential drive. The output set is where those
cartridges are returned after the drive has ejected them.
list of resources reported to host computers. Empty slots in a Sequential, Recycle or
Dual Bin drive’s storage location set will not adversely affect operation.
When a Sequential or Recycle operation is initiated the ch
the drive ejects the cartridge, the changer automatically returns the cartridge to its
original location. The changer then places the next cartridge found in sequence withi
the drive’s storage set into the drive. This process is repeated until the la
initiated at any location within a Sequential drive’s storage set but will always e
the last storage location in the sequence. In Recycle operations, the handler will
return to the starting position and repeat the cartridge movement cycle indefinitely.
When a Dual Bin operation is interactively started, the changer moves the cartridge
found at (or after) its first input set location into the drive. When the drive ejects th
cartridge, the changer automatically places it in the first empty cartridge location in
the drive’s output set. This process is repeated, until the last specified cartridge i
input set has been ejected from the drive and placed into the output set.
The computer communicating with the sequential drive only communicates with the
drive and not the changer. This allows the use of applications lacking library-specific,
cartridge-movement, operating software.
Multiple tape drives can be configured for concurrent Sequential, Recycle or D
drives, are still available for simultaneous random mode operations.
This flexible design allows the user to part
anual Operation
The menu system provides a means of manually moving cartridges to or from all
available locations (drives, magazine slots and I/O Ports). The menu system is accesse
using the Control Pane
completed (usually with
ibrary Partitions
When shipped from the factory, all RLS units are configured as a single library with all
tape drives and storage slots dedicated to random operation. This is generally the correct
configuration for a single system running a
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