Operations Menu; Library Operations - IBM Universal Tape Library User Manual

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3. Press the Exit button to return to the Info menu.

Operations menu

Press the Ops button to display the Ops menu.

Library operations

To display the Library Ops menu, complete the following steps:
1. From the Ops menu, press the Down (↓) button to select Library operations (if
2. Press the Down button to select one of the following library operations, and
Library on/offline
When the library is online, it can communicate with the host to perform backup
tasks. When the library is offline, it cannot communicate with the host. The library
must be offline to perform the following tasks:
v Perform self-tests
v Perform diagnostics
v Conduct an inventory
To take the library offline, complete the following steps:
1. From the Library Ops menu, press the Down (↓) button to select Library
2. Press the Yes button. The library is now offline.
To bring the library online, complete the following steps:
1. From the Library Ops menu, use the Down (↓) arrow to select Library
2. Press the Yes button. The library is now online.
Open load ports
To open a load port, complete the following steps:
1. From the Library Ops menu, press the Down (↓) button to select Open load
2. Press the Down button to select the load port that you want to open, and press
Release magazines
To release a magazine, complete the following steps:
v XYretry: The number of times that a horizontal move has been retried
v Zretry: The number of times that a vertical move has been retried
v Pretry: The number of times that an extension move has been retried
v Rretry: The number of times that a rotation move has been retried
it is not already selected), and press the Enter button. The Library Ops menu is
displayed.
press the Enter button:
v Library on/offline
v Open load ports
v Release magazines
v Park for shipping
online/offline (if it is not already selected), and press the Enter button. A
confirmation screen is displayed.
online/offline, and press the Enter button. A confirmation screen is displayed.
ports (if it is not already selected), and press the Enter button. The Open load
ports menu is displayed.
the Enter button. The load port that you selected is opened.
Chapter 3. Using the menus
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