Taking a tape drive online or offline – Dell PowerVault ML6000 User Manual
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Chapter 9 Running Your Library
Performing Media Operations
Dell PowerVault ML6000 User’s Guide
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You need to provide the following information in the
Unload Drive
screens to unload tape cartridges from tape drives:
•
Partition —
The partition containing the tape drive that you want to
unload. The screens include information about the partition mode
(online or offline).
•
Tape drive —
The tape drive that contains the cartridge that you want
to unload.
The paths to open the appropriate screens are as follows:
• From the Web client, select
Operations > Drive > Unload
.
• From the operator panel, select
Operations > Unload Drive
.
For step-by-step procedures, see the library’s online Help. To access the
online Help system, click the
Help
icon at the top right of the Web client or
operator panel user interface.
Taking a Tape Drive
Online or Offline
9
There are two tape drive modes: online and offline.
•
Online
— Tape drive is available for use. This is the normal operating
mode for the tape drive.
•
Offline
— Tape drive is offline to the host application and is not
available for cartridge load and unload (move) operations initiated
by the host application, but it remains available for Web client or
operator panel initiated move commands.
Note:
If the operation does not complete successfully, the
partition remains offline until you turn it back online
manually or restart the library (see
Note:
You can sort the list of tape drives by clicking on columns with
bold headings. For example, selecting the
Location
column
heading sorts the list by location coordinates.
Note:
If a cartridge is already in the tape drive when you take
the tape drive offline, then the host can still read and write
data on the tape.