HP B6960-90078 manual Ejecting a Medium from a Device, Bulk Eject, How to Eject

Managing Media

Ejecting a Medium from a Device

IMPORTANT

Ejecting a Medium from a Device

Data Protector allows you to physically eject media from the device. When used with library devices, media are moved to the specified slot. You can select the slot that you want to use.

It is recommended that you use Data Protector to handle the media in the device. This keeps the information about the media in the IDB up to date. If you eject media from the device manually using the device’s controls, the information in the IDB is not consistent, and you have to scan the device to update this information. See “Scanning Media in a Device” on page 129 for instructions.

Bulk Eject of	You can eject multiple media from a library in a single action. Data
Media	Protector instructs you to remove media from a mail slot when the mail
	slot becomes full, to free up space for other media selected for ejection.
Predefined Eject of Some operations include the possibility of ejecting the media
Media	automatically when the session finishes. For example, when you copy
	media, you can specify whether the media will be ejected after the
	session.
	When media cannot be ejected because the mail slot is full, Data
	Protector retries the operation until the mail slot becomes free or until
	the predefined time limit expires. During this retry, the robotics are
	accessible to other sessions.
	During the eject execution, none of the specified media can be used by
	other sessions.
Limitation	On Novell NetWare, Bulk Eject functionality is not supported.
How to Eject	In the Devices & Media context, eject media by right-clicking a medium/
Media	slot (or multiple media/slots) and then clicking Eject. For detailed steps,
	refer to the online Help index keyword “ejecting media”.

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