Moving Cartridges

You can move a cartridge from one location to another within a partition.

These instructions focus on using the library Web client to move cartridges. Moving cartridges using the library Web client may necessitate performing an inventory on your host system. You can also move cartridges using your host application. See your host application documentation for more information.

Once a cartridge has been imported into a library using an import/export (I/E) station and assigned to a partition, it can be moved to a tape drive for data access, to a storage slot for storage, or back to the I/E station for removal from the library.

If the affected partition is online, it will be taken offline before the move is performed, and brought back online after the move is complete. You will be asked to confirm that you want to take the partition offline.

NOTE: In addition to importing cartridges using the I/E station, you can bulk load cartridges into the library. For more information on bulk loading cartridges, see the Dell™ PowerVault™ ML6000 Tape Library User's Guide.

NOTE: If your library has zero I/E station slots configured, you cannot move cartridges using the I/E station. See About I/E Station Slots for more information.

Users and administrators can move cartridges.

  1. From the Operations menu, select Media > Move.

    If more than one partition exists, the Operations - Move Media screen displays. This screen contains a list of available partitions.

  2. Select the partition that contains the cartridge you want to move.
  3. Click Next.

    The Move Media - Partition (Mode) screen displays, where Partition is the name of the partition and Mode is the current mode of the partition.

  4. In the Select Media section, select the source cartridge you want to move.
  5. NOTE: You can use the Filter by Barcode text box to filter the available cartridge barcodes. Click the Help button next to the Find button for more information about filtering barcodes. In addition, if not all cartridges appear on the screen, use the Page 1 of x arrows to view the additional cartridges.

    NOTE: Bold column headings in the table can be sorted. For example, selecting the Location column heading will sort by location coordinates.

  6. In the Select Destination section, select a destination location for the source cartridge.
  7. Click Apply.

    The Progress Window displays. The Progress Window contains information on the action, elapsed time, and status of the requested operation.Do one of the following:

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