To Create A New Cartridge Assignment Policy; To Change A Cartridge Assignment Policy; To Delete A Cartridge Assignment Policy; Determining The Status Of Components In The Library - IBM TS3500 Manual

Procedure
1. From the Work Items navigation pane, select Cartridges—> Cartridge
Assignment Policy. The Cartridge Assignment Policy screen displays a list of logical
libraries (by number) and the cartridge assignment policies that are currently assigned
to them.
2. Perform one of the following:
• To create a new cartridge assignment policy : From the Select Action
drop-down box select Create, then select Go. Enter the VOLSERs that begin and
end the range that you want (ensure that you type alphabetical characters in
uppercase). Select the logical library that you want and select Apply, then Close.
The Cartridge Assignment screen redisplays with the new cartridge assignment
policy.
• To change a cartridge assignment policy : Select the policy that you want
to change. From the Select Action drop-down box select Modify, then select Go.
The Cartridge Assignment Policy screen displays. You can move the policy to
another logical library or edit the existing policy in its current logical library. After
you have finished making your changes, select Apply, then Close. The Cartridge
Assignment screen redisplays with the changes to the cartridge assignment policy.
• To delete a cartridge assignment policy : Select the VOLSER range of that
policy. From the Select Action drop-down box select Delete, then select Go. The
library displays the message Are you sure you want to remove the volume
serial range? Select OK. The Cartridge Assignment screen redisplays with the
cartridge assignment policy removed.

Determining the status of components in the library

This section introduces procedures for determining the status of the accessor, tape drives,
I/O stations, storage slots, and cartridges in the TS3500 Tape Library.
• Determining the status of the cartridge accessor
This section introduces two ways to determine the status of the cartridge accessor.
• Determining drive status
This section introduces three ways to determine drive status in the TS3500 Tape
Library.