ADIC Scalar Reference Manual page 258

Table A-1 Terms
Term
Storage area All available storage slots in the library.
Storage slot The slot is designed to keep a cartridge as long as it is required.
A device that consists of storage slots. Its capacity is larger than of the linear
storage (for example, DLT-tower contains up to 18 rows of slots, and DLT-shelve
Storage only 6).
tower If the library is dual-aisle, there always is at least one storage tower that can be
accessed by both robots and therefore called shared. However the tower can be
non-shared, too.
A synonym for Cartridge. All tapes are cartridges, however some cartridges are
Tape
not tapes.
See Physical library.
Tape device
Depending on the adapter properties, each Target has a number of LUNs. That
Target means each Target can be connected to this number of the devices, or
represent such a number of connected devices to the client as well.
Mostly a report issue. It is usually created by a customer who encounters a
Ticket
problem and calls for ATAC help.
The operation of ejecting the cartridge from drive to prepare it for a move. Most
Unload
Scalar drives execute this command automatically.
A person that can log on the Scalar DLC Management GUI and monitor the
commands to execute or perform certain operations manually. Different users
User
may have different access levels and/or different rights. See also Admin and
Customer engineer.
The cartridge name (from "volume serial number") as shown to the customer.
Volser Can also indicate the cartridge type (data/cleaning).
The optical disks acting as two-side cartridges are represented with two volsers.
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Explanation
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