Q40 Tape Library
Installation and Operations Manual
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6.18 Operating the Library with the RMI
Click the
Operations
button on the Home page of the library to access the library’s operations functions.
6.18.1 Moving Media
From the
Operation > Move Media
page you can move a tape cartridge located in a source element to
an available destination element within the same partition.
•
Source Elements
– Tape drives, enabled mailslots, and storage slots that contain a tape cartridge
•
Destination Elements
– Tape drives, enabled mailslots, and storage slots that do not contain a tape
cartridge
- Tape drives are listed at the top of each element list and listed in the order of their drive numbers.
- Tape drives are numbered from the physical top of the library starting with Drive (1).
- Slots are listed in the order of the slot numbers. Slots are numbered
m.s
, where
m
is the module number
and
s
is the slot within the module.
6.18.1.1
Filtering Based on Barcode
To see a subset of the cartridges in the library, enter some or all of the barcode label characters in the
search area and click
Search
. The
Source Element
list updates to display only the cartridges with labels
that include the characters in the search box.
To perform a different search or display all of the available cartridges, click
Barcode Filter Off
.