Diagnosing Robotic Issues; Defining A Diagnostic Move - StorageTek SL8500 User Manual

Diagnosing Robotic Issues

In the Mode list, select Non-Disruptive.
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Click Run. A message appears when the test finishes.
4.
Diagnosing Robotic Issues
Diagnostic moves can help monitor or diagnose robotic problems by issuing a series of
"get" and "put" operations. The system chooses a robot for the diagnostic move based
on the minimum and maximum ranges set for the target and pool addresses. Multiple
robots may be selected if the address range requires it.
Successful diagnostic moves do not rearrange the cartridges in the library — the
system returns cartridges to their original locations. However, some diagnostic move
failures can cause cartridges to be left in new locations.

Defining a Diagnostic Move

You can set up and run multiple diagnostic move routines simultaneously if the target
and pool ranges for each diagnostic move do not overlap.
In SLC, select Tools > Diagnostics. Select the Library in the device tree.
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Click the DiagMove tab, and then the Manage tab.
2.
In the Defined Sequence section, click Add.
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Define the target address range (the area used for "get" operations).
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a.
b.
Click Next.
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Define the source address range (the area used to supply cartridges or empty slots
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if a target address does not contain a cartridge or no empty slots are available.)
a.
b.
Click Next.
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Name the move and specify a move count (between 1 and 5000).
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Select an access order., move type, and enable/disable the pre-move compatibility
9.
check (see below for details).
Click Finish. The new diagnostic sequence is listed in the Defined Sequences
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section. See
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To perform a robot self-test, diagnostic cartridges must be
Note:
available in the library (see
Cleaning Cartridges" on page 8-3).
Diagnostic moves require sharing of robot resources. You
Note:
should not run a diagnostic move during peak activity periods.
Select a slot type.
Select the starting and ending locations for the range.
Select a slot type.
Select the starting and ending locations.
"Starting a Diagnostic Move"
"Importing or Exporting Diagnostic or
on page 14-5.