Exchange Magazines Or Cartridges In A Partition - Spectra TFinity User Manual

Chapter 7 — Importing and Exporting Cartridges
6. If you exported magazines directly from the storage pool, use your

Exchange Magazines or Cartridges in a Partition

The process for exchanging a magazine or cartridges in a partition is the
same as that for exporting a magazine up to the point where the magazine
is delivered to the selected TAP.
1. Complete Step 1 on page 246 through Step 4 on page 247 to begin the
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c. When all of the magazines have been retrieved or when a bulk TAP
is full, the carousel rotates to face the outside of the library and the
door release button LED turns solid green. Press the button to open
the bulk TAP door (see Figure 150 on page 240).
Note: If you wait more than 10 minutes to open the door, the library
considers the export operation complete. The LED turns off and
the carousel rotates to face the interior of the library. When you
attempt the next import or export operation using the bulk TAP,
the library will require you to remove any magazines in the
carousel before you can proceed.
d. Remove the magazines from the carousel(s) and set them aside.
e. Close the bulk TAP door firmly by pressing at the top and bottom.
An audible click indicates that the door is latched closed.
Note: If you fail to close the door within 10 minutes, the export
operation times out.
f. If the bulk TAP could not accommodate all of the magazines in the
selected location, the TeraPorter moves the next set of magazines
from the selected location to the carousel. The process continues as
long as there are magazines in the selected location. When the
process stops, the door release button LED turns off, the carousel
rotates to face the interior of the library, and the Import/Export
TeraPack Magazines screen displays.
storage management software to update the media inventory it
maintains (see Updating the Storage Management Software Inventory
on page 264).
Note: If you want to exchange only the expired cleaning cartridges in a
cleaning partition, skip to Export or Exchange Expired Cleaning
Cartridges on page 253.
exchange process.
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