The Web client allows you to change the mode of tape drives installed in the library. There are two tape drive modes: online and offline.
Some operations, such as maintenance activities, require that a tape drive be offline. You can take a drive offline rather than the entire partition to minimize disruption of library operations.
Changing a tape drive mode using the library Web client may affect your host application. See your host application documentation for more information.
The Change Drive Mode screen appears. This screen lists each tape drive's partition, location, current mode status, activity, and version.
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NOTE: If more than four tape drives are installed in the library, use the Page 1 of x arrows to view the additional tape drives. |
In the tape drive table under Status, the Current column indicates the current mode of the partition. The New column contains an Online/Offline button. The button toggles between modes.
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NOTE: If you change the mode of a control path tape drive to offline, a caution dialog appears asking you to confirm the mode change. For information on control path tape drives, see Modifying the Control Path. |
The Progress Window appears. The Progress Window contains information on the action, elapsed time, and status of the requested operation. Do one of the following: