Creating A Cartridge; Deleting A Cartridge - HPE StoreOnce 6500 User Manual

Once a numbered slot is empty, the Create button may be used to create a new blank cartridge; see To
create a cartridge (administrators only).

Creating a cartridge

NOTE: You can only create a cartridge in an empty slot.
Prerequisites
Only administrators can create cartridges.
Procedure
1. Navigate to StoreOnce > VTL > Libraries > Cartridges tab.
2. Click the Create button. In the Add Cartridge column, empty slots are checked.
3. Select individual slots by clicking the appropriate check boxes. After selecting the slots where
cartridges will be added, click Create.
4. Alternatively, click Create all to create a blank cartridge of the size/emulation type selected when the
library was first configured in all empty slots.
a. If you create a cartridge in an empty slot, the backup application must inventory it (add it to its
database or catalog) before the backup application can access the cartridge.
b. If you create a cartridge in an empty mail slot, use the backup application to move the blank new
cartridge to an empty cartridge slot without requiring an inventory. This saves processing time.
5. Restart the backup application services to see the new cartridges.

Deleting a cartridge

Things to know before you delete a cartridge:
• You cannot delete cartridges that are currently in drives, that are mapped for replication, or that are in
the delete pending, erase pending, or creating state.
• You can also delete cartridges by reducing the number of slots on the Devices page, but this only
removes the highest slots with no or blank cartridges. Once the Delete operation reaches a slot
number that contains a cartridge with data, it will not reduce the number further on the Details page
even if earlier slots are blank. First, use the Cartridges tab to reconfigure the slots to a blank state.
Prerequisites
Only administrators can delete cartridges.
Procedure
1. Navigate to StoreOnce > VTL > Libraries > Cartridges tab.
2. Click the Delete button in the bottom right corner of the page.
The Delete Cartridge column will appear.
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