StorageLibrary Installation and User Guide
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Manual Clean
The FPI and RMI provide menu and command selections to perform manual drive cleaning
operations. Manual drive cleani
ng operations allow the selection of a drive to be cleaned, regardless
of the drive requesting cleaning or not. The library will automatically scan through the cleaning slots, if
any, and select the most used cleaning cartridge. If there are no cleaning sl
ots or if there are no
cartridges in these slots, the library will scan the I/E station for a cleaning cartridge.
When the cleaning has completed, the cleaning tape is moved back to its source location.
The paths to open the appropriate screens are:
From t
he remote management interface, select
Operations > Clean Drive
From the front panel, select
Operations > Clean Drive
Taking a library online makes it accessible to host applications via the Storage Area Network (SAN).
Tak
ing a library offline makes it inaccessible to host applications via the SAN.
Taking a Library Online
1.
Using the librarys front panel or the remote management interface, select
Operations >
Change
Partition Mode.
2.
For each partition that you want to take o
nline, click
Online
.
3.
Click
Apply
.
Taking a Library Offline
1.
Using the librarys front panel or the remote management interface, select
Operations > Change
Partition Mode
.
2.
For each partition that you want to take offline, click
Offline
.
3.
Click
Apply
.
Magazine Handling The operator is allowed to eject any or all of the magazines in the library through the FPI
.
This feature
is not implemented in the RMI because there is no means to reinsert the magazine remotely.
The paths to open the appropriate screens are:
Fr
om the
FPI
, select
Operations > Eject Magazine
.
As long as at least one magazine is present in the library, the library continues to operate normally.
Using the Mail Slot
There is no hard stop on the
import/export
slot.
When the system is configured for 3
I/E
-
slots follow this instruction:
Open the lower left magazine
until
the three first magazine slots are accessible.
Stop pulling the magazine at the stop line indicated on the mail slot label. By exceeding
the stop
line, the library cannot differ wheth
er the whole magazine has been exposed or only the three first
I/E slots
. Thus when you reinsert the magazine t
he library
will
need to take
an
inventory check on
all 12 slots instead of only the
I/E
slot
s.