Dell TL2000 Service Library Menu, Manage Library Perform Inventory, Service Library Clean Drive

Element

In the Source screen, this identifies the library element that contains a cartridge. In the Destination screen, this identifies the library element that is empty and can receive a cartridge.

Volume Serial

In the Source screen, this element displays the serial number of the cartridge. In the Destination screen, this element contains no information.

Manage Library: Perform Inventory

This page provides the user to re-scan the library to determine the current media inventory.

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Figure 5-46. Manage Library: Perform Inventory page

Manage Library: Release Magazine

This page allows the user to release the right or left magazine from the library.

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Figure 5-47. Manage Library: Release Magazine page

Note: To manually release a magazine, see “Releasing the Magazines Manually” on page 9-1.However, this manual process should only be used if the magazine cannot be released using the Operator Control Panel or the Web User Interface.

Service Library Menu

The 2U/4U library is always online, except for when the user enters the Service Library area. A warning message appears stating that the library should be taken offline from the host before performing any Service functions. It is up to the operator to ensure that it is taken offline by phoning the host operator or other means of communication. Before performing any service functions, ensure the host is not performing any data writing or retrieval.

Service Library: Clean Drive

This page allows the user to clean the tape drive. After the requested drive is cleaned, the screen will be greyed out. If you want to clean another drive, click on the Navigation bar ″Service Library: Clean Drive″ in the left column of your screen to activate the ″Clean Drive″ screen and select another drive. Click on ″Clean″.

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