Shutting Down/Restarting the Library

The Shutdown/Restart screens allow you to shut down or restart the library. Some maintenance activities require that the library be shut down or restarted. Before performing a shutdown or restart, make sure the connected host applications are not sending commands to the library.

Shutdown shuts down the library's operating system and firmware. When performing a shutdown, the library finishes all active commands received from the host application and does not process any new commands. It shuts down all partitions and lowers the robot to the "shipping" position on the floor of the library. To finish the shutdown, you must access the physical library and press the power switch on the front of the 5U Library Control Module.

Always perform a shutdown before completely removing power from the library. To completely remove power from the library, you must turn off the power switch on each power supply. Power is completely removed from the library when the blue LED on each power supply turns off.

NOTICE: If you do not perform a shutdown before you physically power off the library, loss of library configuration data could occur.

Restart shuts down and restarts the library's operating system and firmware. When performing a restart, the library finishes all active commands received from the host application and does not process any new commands. The library shuts down all partitions and restarts them during the reboot. In addition, the library performs an inventory of cartridges, tape drives, and slots during a reboot.

NOTE: This operation should not be performed concurrently by multiple administrative users logged in from different locations. You can access the appropriate screens, but you cannot apply changes while another administrative user is performing the same operation.

  1. From the Operations menu, select System Shutdown.

    The Shutdown/Restart screen appears.

  2. Do one of the following:
  3. Click Apply.

    A confirmation dialog box appears asking you to confirm that you want to stop/restart the software.

  4. Click OK.

    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:

  5. Do one the following:

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