Chapter 4 Running Your Library
Performing Media Operations
Scalar i500 User’s Guide
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Changing the Tape Drive
Mode
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You can take the tape drive online or offline. When the tape drive mode is
online, the tape drive is available for use. When the tape drive mode is
offline, the tape drive is offline to the host application and is not available
for use.
Some operations require that the tape drive be offline. You can take a tape
drive offline rather than the entire library or partition so as to minimize
disruption of library operations.
This topic focuses on using the library user interface, not the host
application, to change the tape drive mode. Using the library to change
tape drive mode may affect the host application. See your host
application documentation for more information.
Details on changing the tape drive mode include:
• The default tape drive mode is online.
• You can select only tape drives in partitions to which you have been
given access.
• The
Online/Offline
buttons toggle between modes.
The paths to open the appropriate screens are as follows:
• From the web client, select
Operations > Drive > Change Mode
.
• From the operator panel, select
Operations > Change Drive Mode
.
For step-by-step procedures, see the library’s online Help. To access the
online Help system, click the
Help
icon at the top right of the web client or
operator panel user interface.
Note:
If you change the mode of a control path tape drive to offline, a
caution dialog appears asking you to confirm the mode
change. For information on control path tape drives, see
Working With Control Paths
on page 78.
