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Chapter 7 — Importing and Exporting Cartridges
 Any chambers in the storage pool that do not contain magazines are
Cleaning Partition When importing cleaning cartridges into a cleaning
partition, keep the following in mind:
 Cleaning cartridges must be identified with "CLN" at the beginning of
 Cleaning cartridges used in a cleaning partition must be in
 Make sure that the Maintenance TeraPack magazine does not contain
 Make sure that you import only cleaning cartridges that are compatible
 The cleaning cartridges in a cleaning partition can only be used for
 The cleaning cartridges in the cleaning partition are inaccessible to the
 If your storage management software supports automated drive
Additional Requirements and Restrictions
Overview on page 203 for information about additional requirements and
restrictions when importing magazines and cartridges.
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inaccessible to the storage management software. You can, however,
import magazines into the empty chambers using the library's
BlueScale user interface.
the barcode sequence on their labels. This requirement applies to both
standard and custom barcode labels.
Maintenance TeraPack magazines, which are identified by Spectra‐
unique labels. The library automatically prevents importing cleaning
cartridges and magazines that are not properly labeled into a cleaning
partition.
Note: Maintenance TeraPack magazines filled with appropriately
labeled cleaning cartridges are available from Spectra Logic.
any data cartridges. The library does not import a Maintenance
TeraPack magazine that contains cartridges that are not identified with
"CLN" at the beginning of the barcode sequence on their labels.
with the drives in the storage partition associated with the cleaning
partition. To ensure that the correct type of cleaning cartridges are
stored in a cleaning partition, the library prevents you from importing
the wrong cartridge type.
drives in storage partitions configured to use that cleaning partition.
Associating a cleaning partition with drives in a storage partition
automatically enables the Auto Drive Clean feature for that partition.
application software running on the host. Make sure you disable any
software‐based drive cleaning to prevent repeated requests to import a
cleaning cartridge.
cleaning and you plan to use this method to clean the drives instead of
the library's Auto Drive Clean feature, refer to your software
documentation for instructions. You must import the properly labeled
cleaning cartridges into the storage partition using a TeraPack
magazine (not a Maintenance TeraPack magazine).
Importing into a Storage or Cleaning Partition
See Import and Export
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