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Chapter 7 — Importing and Exporting Cartridges
Cartridges and Magazines All cartridges are imported into the library
using magazines. Before beginning, have on hand the cartridges that you
want to import into the partition. If necessary, prepare the cartridges as
described in Preparing Cartridges for Use on page 199.
If you are importing magazines into the storage partition's storage pool for
the first time, the maximum number of magazines you need equals the
number of chambers assigned to the storage pool for the partition (see
Creating a Storage Partition on page 170). You do not need to fill all slots in
the magazines or all of the chambers in the partition. However, any empty
chambers are inaccessible to the storage management software.
Entry/Exit Pool For daily operations, TeraPack magazines containing data
cartridges are typically imported or exported using a storage partition's 
entry/exit pool. When using the entry/exit pool for importing/exporting,
the following must be true:
 The entry/exit pool must have sufficient empty chambers available for
 The entry/exit pool must have sufficient empty slots available to
Make sure that the magazines you export are not filled with cartridges that you just
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imported but did not yet move to the storage pool using your storage
management software.
You can import a magazine containing a cleaning cartridge into the
partition's entry/exit pool and then use the Inventory screen to move the
cartridge to a drive for cleaning (see Moving Cartridges Within a Partition
on page 233). When the cleaning is complete, move the cleaning cartridge
back to the entry/exit pool and export the magazine from the entry/exit
pool.
Storage Pool A storage partition's storage pool contains all of the
cartridges that can be accessed by the storage management software for the
purpose of writing or reading data.
 If you are importing magazines into the entry/exit pool and using your
 If you are importing directly into the storage pool, the storage pool
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importing new magazines. If you need to import new magazines and
all of the chambers in the entry/exit pool are full, you must export one
or more magazines to make space for the new magazines (see Export
Magazines from a Partition on page 213).
accommodate any cartridges that the storage management software
ejects from the partition. If all of the slots in the entry/exit pool are full,
either move newly imported cartridges to the partition's storage pool,
leaving empty slots in the entry/exit pool, or export one or more full
magazines and replace them with magazines that have empty slots.
storage management software to move the cartridges to the storage
pool, the storage pool must have sufficient empty slots to accommodate
each cartridge imported into the entry/exit pool.
must have sufficient empty chambers to accommodate the magazines
you plan to import.
Importing into a Storage or Cleaning Partition
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