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Spectra 50-Series Library Tape Drive Replacement Guide
Preparing the Library
Moving the Carousel
Before you can replace a drive, you must position an empty TeraPack carrier space behind the drive
bay assembly (DBA). This makes it possible to access and remove the DBA.
If your library is fully loaded, you must remove a TeraPack magazine first.
Both these procedures are covered in the following pages; be sure to read them in order.
Before you begin this process, read the following useful information on how magazines and carriers
are numbered inside the library.
•
Physical
magazine numbers have nothing to do with the
logical
chambers found in a library
partition.
• Magazines are numbered clockwise.
For example, if Magazine 1 is at the TAP, and you are facing the front of the library, then
Magazine 2 is the next magazine to the left, Magazine 10 is the next magazine to the right, and
Magazine 6 is behind the DBA (see Figure 2).
Figure 2
How the magazines are numbered.
DBA
Bar
Code
Reader
TAP
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
