Chapter 4 Running Your Library
Performing Media Operations
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Unused Slots
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Each library configuration contains a limited number of slots that are not
accessible to the robot. The slot counts in this
User’s Guide
do not include
these unusable slots.
In any library configuration, the picker cannot access the bottom slot in
each column in the lowest module in the stack due to the fact that there is
not enough clearance at the bottom of the library for the robotic picker.
When bulkloading the library, do not insert storage or cleaning tapes into
the bottom row of the lowest module in the library configuration.
Moving Media
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Once media has been imported into the library, you can use the Move
Media operation to move a single data cartridge between tape drives and
slots within a partition.
This topic focuses on using the library user interface, not the host
application, to move media. Using the library to move media may
necessitate performing an inventory of the library with the host
application. See your host application documentation for more
information.
Details on using the library to move media include:
• If the partition is online, it will be taken offline before the move is
performed and brought back online after the move is complete. You
will be asked to confirm that you want to take the partition offline.
• You can select only the partitions to which you have been given
access.
• You can only move media within one partition at a time.
Note:
If your library has zero I/E station slots, you cannot move
cartridges to and from the I/E station. See
Configuring I/E
Station Slots
on page 73.
