Sun Microsystems SL8500 manual Utilities, Loading Code, Performing Audits

Diagnostic Utilities

Utilities

The StreamLine Library Console provides the following utilities to:

■Load code

■Perform audits

■Perform a library self test

■Move cartridges within a library

■Search for a cartridge, result code, or device status

■Modify the CAP locked status

■Copying the MIB text file

For detailed instructions on using the these utilities, access the online help documentation available through the StreamLine Library Console application.

Loading Code

See “Upgrading Firmware” on page 30 for information on loading code.

Performing Audits

An SL8500 library is capable of storing all cartridge locations within its memory.

The term audit refers to the process of reading and cataloging all cartridges within a library, verifying the locations of specified cartridges, or validating a range of slot locations.

During an initialization, the library audits the location and VOLID of all cartridges in the storage and reserve slots. The library also performs an audit when you:

■Open and close the library access doors

■Make a request from the Library Console

■Make a request at the host console to audit the tape library

The SL8500 maintains a cartridge database in the HBC card. The cartridge database contains the following information for all the cartridges in the library:

■Volume Serial Numbers (VOLID)

■SL8500 address location

■Verified status (true or false)

The Library Console offers the following types of audits:

1.Physical audit. The library controller reads and catalogs every cartridge by its VOLID slot location. This information is stored in HBC memory. Audit times vary according to the size of the library, the number of HandBots, and the speed of the scan engine for the bar code scanner.

The library performs a physical audit:

a.At power-up or when one or both access doors are opened and closed - the HandBot visits all cartridge slots, catalogs the VOLIDs and locations, and updates the HBC cartridge database.

b.When initiated from the Library Console. The application offers two types of physical audits:

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