Prepare The Entry/Exit Pool - Spectra TFinity User Manual

Chapter 7 — Importing and Exporting Cartridges
6. If you imported magazines into a storage partition's entry/exit pool, use

Prepare the Entry/Exit Pool

After the storage management software moves the cartridges out of the
entry/exit pool, export empty magazines to provide empty chambers for
future import operations (see Export Magazines from a Partition on
page 246
the entry/exit pool. These empty slots will be used for the cartridges that
the library moves from the storage pool when the storage management
software ejects cartridges from the partition. Over the course of time,
normal operations will typically result in the entry/exit pool containing at
least one magazine with empty slots.
If the entry/exit pool does not contain a magazine with sufficient empty slots, the
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storage management software will halt its eject operation. You must exchange the
full magazines in the entry/exit pool for empty ones, as described in
Magazines or Cartridges in a Partition on page
operation.
If you plan to import additional cartridges, export empty magazines left in
the entry/exit pool after the storage management software has moved all of
the previously imported cartridges to the storage pool. The resulting
empty chambers are needed for future import operations (see Export
Magazines from a Partition on page 246
Make sure that the magazines you export are not filled with cartridges that you just
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imported but have not yet moved to the storage pool using your storage
management software.
If there are no magazines with empty slots in the entry/exit pool, follow the
steps in Exchange Magazines or Cartridges in a Partition on page 249 to
exchange the full magazines for magazines that have empty slots.
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your storage management software to move the cartridges to empty
slots in the partition's storage pool. The inventory maintained by the
software is updated during this process.
. Be sure to leave at least one magazine with empty slots in it in
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Prepare the Entry/Exit Pool
249, before retrying the eject
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