Cartridge Parameters - HP StorageWorks D2D100 - Backup System User Manual

Table 7 Cartridge parameters
The Location column identifies each element of the library that is available to hold a
cartridge. There are three types of element:
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Location
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A bar code is an 8–digit, alphanumeric, unique identifier for a cartridge within
the HP D2D Backup System. Bar codes are shared with the backup application,
if requested. The backup application may also choose to assign its own internal
identifier to the cartridge but, if it does so, it cannot assign this identifier to the
Cartridge bar code.
Bar codes are generated automatically but may be edited by the user. If you
Bar Code:
choose to edit the bar code:
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This shows the actual used capacity in MB or GB. If this is Blank, the cartridge
may be deleted using the delete icon, see below. Non-blank cartridges cannot
Used Size:
be removed so the Remove button will not be shown. Only Blank cartridges can
be removed from the mail slot.
This defaults to the appropriate capacity for the drive emulation type selected on the
Max Size: Devices tab. This value may be changed if the Used Size is Blank, see below. The
maximum value allowed is 1600 GB.
Mail slot: which is a dedicated slot that is used to hold a cartridge that is ready
for exporting to or importing from physical tape. Cartridges are normally moved
into the mail slot by the backup application on the host machine, but there is
also aMove Cartridge drop-down menu in Edit mode.
Tape drive: which is populated when there is activity on a cartridge. You can
also move a cartridge into a tape drive by using the Move Cartridge drop-down
menu in Edit mode.
Slot n: which is one of the standard library slots
It must be unique and must not start with the letters "CLN" or "DG" because
these are reserved designations for cleaning and diagnostic cartridges.
It should be a minimum of 4 characters. Valid ASCII characters are A-Z, a-z,
0–9, space and hyphen. Anything less than 8 characters will be appended
with space characters.
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