Drag And Drop Operations; Move Cartridge To Element - ADIC Scalar Reference Manual

After the home position is assigned to the cartridge, it becomes available for move operations. The
Import operation inserts the cartridge from a mailbox to the home position; the Dismount operation
moves the cartridge from a drive to the home position. If the Mount operation has been executed
and the cartridge is moved to a drive, the home position is saved and cannot be occupied by another
cartridge. If the Export operation has been executed, the cartridge is ejected from the library and
becomes unavailable. However, it saves the home position and if the Inventory operation finds the
ejected cartridge, it becomes available again. Refer to
The cartridge relinquishes the home position only after the eject complete operation is executed
from a client side. The cartridge state is unloaded. Refer to
The home position cannot be changed after it is assigned. Every operation returning the cartridge
to a library storage area puts it into the home position. The only exception is the Move operation (it
can be executed from a client side as well); if the move destination is a storage slot, it will become
a new home position of a cartridge. The old home position is lost in that event.
The DAS and ROBAR clients mostly use the analog of Mount,
CAUTION:
Dismount, Import, and Export commands, although they can execute
Move command, too. The SCSI clients use Move command only and
therefore do not have the home position-related features.

Drag and Drop Operations

Drag and Drop operation generally serves the same function as the Import, Export, Mount, and
Dismount buttons. Table below outlines the Drag and Drop operations.
Table 5-14 Drag and Drop Properties
Drag source Status
Cartridge Stored
Cartridge Stored
Cartridge Mounted
Cartridge Stored
Cartridge Stored
Cartridge not in I/E slot
Cartridge Stored in I/E
slot
Cartridge Any
Drive slot Occupied
Drive slot Occupied
Drive slot Occupied
Drive slot Occupied
Mailbox -

Move Cartridge to Element

The Move operation transfers a cartridge from its current position to a selected destination. If the
move destination is a storage slot, it will become a new home position of a cartridge. The old home
position is lost in that event. Refer to
5-12
Table 5-15 on page
Drop target
Library Generic Mount
Cartridges Generic Mount
Cartridges Dismount
Drives Generic Mount
Drive Mount to the specified drive
Mailbox Export to the specified Mailbox
Mailbox Move to the specified Mailbox, the cartridge
remains stored
No target Dismount
Mailbox Export the cartridge to the specified Mailbox
Cartridges Dismount drive
Library Dismount drive
No target Dismount drive
Library Import the entire contents of the Mailbox
Home Position on page 5-11
Scalar DLC
5-13.
Table 5-15 on page 5-13.
Operation
for details.
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