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overall system needs. It is possible to have one library serve as the tape storage device
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storage location. 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 (via the menu system), the
changer moves the cartridge found at (or after) the initial specified storage location in
the input set into the drive. When the drive ejects the cartridge, the changer
automatically places it in the first empty cartridge location in the drive’s output
location set. This process is repeated, until the last specified cartridge in the input set
has been ejected from the drive and placed into the output set of locations.
The host computer communicating with a sequential drive only communicates with
the drive and not the changer. This allows the use of applications lacking library-
specific, cartridge-movement, operating software.
All tape drives can be configured for concurrent Sequential, Recycle or Dual Bin
operation.
This flexible design allows the user to partition the library’s resources to best meet
for multiple systems.
Figure 11-1 Partition 1-5 Configuration Screen
Before Sequential operation can begin, the user must first configure one or more tape
drives for Sequential operation. This is done by setting up one or more partitions in
Sequential Operation
