Unloading Tape Drives - Quantum Scalar i500 User Manual

Unloading Tape Drives

Scalar i500 User's Guide
For step-by-step procedures, see the library's online Help. To access the
online Help system, click the
operator panel user interface.
The Unload Drive operation allows you to unload a cartridge from a tape
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drive to a storage slot. The storage slot and tape drive must be assigned to
the same partition.
This topic focuses on using the library user interface, not the host
application, to unload tape drives. Using the library to unload tape drives
may necessitate performing an inventory with the host application. See
your host application documentation for more information.
Details about unloading tape drives include:
• Only drives with media loaded appear on the screen.
• You can select only partitions to which you have been given access.
• If the affected partition is online, it will be taken offline before the
unload operation is performed, and brought back online after it is
complete.
You need to provide the following information in the
screens to unload tape cartridges from tape drives:
•
Partition —
unload. The screens include information about the partition mode
(online or offline).
•
Tape drive —
to unload.
You can sort the list of tape drives by clicking on columns with
Note:
bold headings. For example, selecting the
heading sorts the list by location coordinates.
The paths to open the appropriate screens are as follows:
• From the web client, select
• From the operator panel, select
For step-by-step procedures, see the library's online Help. To access the
online Help system, click the
operator panel user interface.
icon at the top right of the web client or
Help
The partition containing the tape drive that you want to
The tape drive that contains the cartridge that you want
Operations > Drive > Unload
Operations > Unload Drive
icon at the top right of the web client or
Help
Chapter 4 Running Your Library
Performing Media Operations
Unload Drive
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