Exporting Cleaning Media - Quantum scalar i500 User Manual

Exporting Cleaning Media

Scalar i500 User's Guide
step-by-step procedures. To access the online Help system, click the
icon at the top right of the Web client or operator panel user
Help
interface.
You need to provide the following information in the
screens to import media:
Media
• — the cleaning cartridges that you want to import.
Media
The screen includes information about the number of empty cleaning
slots in the library. The number of cleaning cartridges you can import is
limited to the number of empty cleaning slots.
Note: You can filter the list of media by entering all or part of a
barcode in the
with wildcards. You can also sort the list by clicking on
columns with bold headings. For example, selecting the
Location
The paths to open the appropriate screens are as follows:
• From the Web client, select
• From the operator panel, select
When AutoClean is enabled, you can use the Export Cleaning Media
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operation to export one or more cleaning cartridges from dedicated
cleaning slots to the I/E station for removal from the library. You may
need to export expired cleaning cartridges or free up cleaning slots for
data storage.
After exporting cleaning cartridges, you can reduce the number of
configured cleaning slots. The extra slots become available for use as
storage slots. For information on configuring cleaning slots, see
Configuring Cleaning Slots
see About Cleaning Tape Drives
Caution: Some host applications may fail import/export operations
when the I/E station contains cartridges that are assigned
to another partition. Move cartridges from the I/E station
as soon as possible to avoid possible conflicts with the
other partitions.
text box. Use an asterisk (*) to search
Search
column heading sorts the list by location coordinates.
Operations > Cleaning Media > Import
Operations > Import Cleaning Media
on page 78. For a description of AutoClean,
on page 258.
Chapter 9 Running Your Library
About Cleaning Tape Drives
Import Cleaning
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