User guide

64 Running the Library
Importing Cartridges via I/E Slot
Note
You can import cartridges using either the library interface or the host server
software application. The instructions included below focus on the library
interface method for importing cartridges. Please refer to your host application
documentation if you wish to use the host to import cartridges.
1. Insert cartridges into the I/E station using the Open IE Slot command on the Front Panel
Interface (FPI). Once the library has performed an inventory of the I/E slots, the user is prompted
to assign the inserted cartridges to a partition. This assignment can either be performed directly,
or postponed until later.
Do not insert cartridges into the I/E station during the library power cycle.
Note
There is no hard stop on the import slot. Stop pulling the magazine at the stop
line indicated on the mail slot label on the top of the magazine. See section
Magazine Handling in this chapter for more information.
2. Assign the cartridges to a partition via the Menu > Operation > Assign Media command.
After cartridges are loaded into the I/E station, the I/E station magazine is closed and an inventory
of the I/E station is performed. A prompt appears on the display asking if you want to assign the
cartridges to a partition. To begin using cartridges for data storage, cartridges must be assigned to
a partition. After having selected which partition to assign the unassigned I/E cartridges to, the
cartridges are ready for use.
If you select the wrong partition, open the I/E magazine, move the cartridge to a different I/E slot
and close the I/E magazine. The library re-scans the I/E slots and the Assign Media screen
appears again.
3. Use the Import Media command to physically move the cartridge from the I/E slot to a free
storage slot in the partition where it is assigned.
If the library contains multiple partitions, the import operation will not affect operations in other
partitions. Commands received through the control path of the different partitions will be queued
and executed when the Import operation has been completed.
To import media, you need to provide the following information in the Operator interface:
Partition lists the partitions that you are assigned access to view.
Cartridges listed include the cartridges that you want to move.
Note
Moving cartridges may necessitate updating your host application. Please refer to
your host application documentation.
The Open I/E Slot command can be accessed from FPI only.
The Assign Media and Import Media commands can be accessed from both FPI and RMI.
The paths to open the appropriate screens are:
• From the RMI, select
• Operations > Assign Media
• Operations > Import Media
• From the FPI, select
• Open IE Slot
• Menu > Operations > Assign Media
• Menu > Operations > Import Media