Locating Cartridges; Locating A Cartridge By Volume Id; Locating A Cartridge By Address; Viewing Cartridge Information - StorageTek SL8500 User Manual

Locating Cartridges

Select the Destination Location type (CAP, Storage Slots, Drive, and Reserved
4.
Slots) and select the destination address.
Click Start.
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Initiate a library audit from the host software to update the host database (see the
6.
tape management software documentation).
Locating Cartridges
You can search for a cartridge by volume ID, internal library address, or HLI address.
To view a table of all cartridges in the library, see
page 8-2.

Locating a Cartridge by Volume ID

In SLC, select Tools > Diagnostics. Select the Library in the device tree.
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Click the Search tab.
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Select VOLID.
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Enter the volume ID (use * as a wildcard).
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From the Requester drop-down list, select the format for the search results:
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Select the Cartridge Type.
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Click Search.
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Locating a Cartridge by Address

In SLC, select Tools > Diagnostics. Select the Library in the device tree.
1.
Click the Search tab.
2.
Select Location.
3.
Select the search criteria from the drop-down list, and enter the address (wildcards
4.
are invalid).
From the Requester drop-down list, select the type of address you entered in the
5.
Location field.
Click Search.
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Click . . . to see details about the cartridge.
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Viewing Cartridge Information

In SLC, select Tools > Reports.
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Only select Drive if the source is a CAP or reserved slot.
Note:
Do not move data cartridges into reserved slots. Reserved slots should
only contain diagnostic or cleaning cartridges.
default to display in library internal address format.
hli0 or hli1 to display in HLI-PRC address format.
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