Users Guide

Chapter 9 Running Your Library
Performing Media Operations
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The paths to open the appropriate screens are as follows:
• From the Web client, select Operations > Media > Export.
• From the operator panel, select Operations > Export Media.
For step-by-step procedures, see the library’s online Help. To access the
online Help system, click the Help icon at the top right of the Web client or
operator panel user interface.
Loading Tape Drives 9
The Load Drive operation enables you to load a cartridge from a storage
slot into a tape drive. 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 load tape drives. Using the library to load tape drives may
necessitate performing an inventory with the host application. See your
host application documentation for more information.
Details on loading tape drives include:
• If the partition is online, it will be taken offline before the load
operation is performed and brought back online after the operation is
complete. You will be asked to confirm that you want to take the
partition offline.
• You can select only partitions to which you have been given access.
• Default tape drive locations are highlighted if the barcode field is
empty or the field is cleared.
Note: You can filter the list of media by entering all or part of a
barcode in the Search text box. Use an asterisk (*) to search
with wildcards. You can also sort the list by clicking on
columns with bold headings. For example, selecting the
Location column heading sorts the list by location coordinates.
Note: If the operation does not complete successfully, the
partition remains offline until you turn it back online
manually or restart the library (see Taking a Partition
Online or Offline on page 78).