Quantum Scalar i6000, User Manual

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Chapter 15: Maintaining Your Library
Monitoring the Library
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2 From the Slots Status dialog box, you can perform the following
tasks:
• Change the sorting of slots in the status list (for example, by
location or slot type) by clicking the column heading by which
you want the slots sorted. Repeatedly clicking a column heading
toggles between ascending and descending order.
• Use filtering criteria to select the slots that you want to appear
in the status list on the dialog box (see Filtering Slots From the
Status List on page 531).
• Mail, save, or print status information by using the Send button
(see Mailing, Saving, and Printing Status Information on
page 548).
Filtering Slots From the Status List
You can specify the slots that you want to appear in the status list by
selecting location, slot type, and state criteria from the Filter area of the
Slots Status dialog box.
1 Use one or more of the following drop-down lists to specify the
slots that you want to appear in the status list:
• To specify slots by location, click the appropriate option from
each of the Location drop-down lists: Aisle , Module , Rack ,
Section , Column , and Row . The defaults are set to All unless a
drop-down list does not have more than one option. For
example, the Aisle drop-down list is always set to 1 by default
because only one aisle exists in the library. Therefore, the drop-
In the status list area:
Media ID The slot barcode.
Location The location of the slot (see Understanding Location Coordinates on
page 459).
Slot Type The type of slot media (for example, LTO).
# Puts The number of puts during the library’s history.
Partition Name The name of the partition to which the slot is assigned.
Element Description