HP 12000 HP 12200 Gateway Virtual Library System User Guide (BW403-10001, June - Page 56

Ejecting Media from a Slot into an Empty Mailslot, Ejecting Media from a Drive into an Empty

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8. Click Move. The Move Media History screen displays the current status of the move. The possible status messages are Moving, Waiting, Successful, and Failed. If the status of the move is still Waiting, you can click Cancel to stop the move. Ejecting Media from a Slot into an Empty Mailslot You can eject media from a slot into an empty mailslot within the same library using Eject Media. From Command View VLS: 1. Select the Automigration/Replication tab. 2. In the navigation tree, expand Destination Libraries and then the library of interest. 3. Select Slots to display the list of slots on that library. 4. From the task bar, select Eject Media. The screen displays a list of slots that are full. 5. From the list of full slots, select the source slots of the media you want to eject. The Available Mailslots displays the number of mailslots currently available. As you select and deselect slot numbers from the list, the number changes. 6. Click Next Step. The screen displays a confirmation. 7. Select the Copy before Eject if Out of Sync box if you want to force a mirror of any cartridge before it is ejected. This determines what the system does when the library policy includes a copy on eject and the media being ejected is either not synchronized or has a status of "Mirror Broken." If deselected, the slot will eject immediately without running a copy. If selected, a copy job is put in the queue and the system will wait to eject the media until after the copy is complete. Scheduling the copy requires that you wait for the copy to complete before moving another tape into the slot. Although a status message may display indicating that the copy has begun, it may still be in the queue. 8. Click Eject. The Move Media History screen displays the current status of the eject. The possible status messages are Moving, Waiting, Successful, and Failed. If the status of the move is still Waiting, you can click Cancel to stop the eject. Ejecting Media from a Drive into an Empty Mailslot To eject media from a drive into an empty mailslot within the same library: 1. Expand the navigation tree. On the appropriate library, expand Drives and then select the drive from which to eject the media. The TAPE DRIVE DETAILS screen is displayed in the main window. 2. From the task bar, select Eject Media. 3. From the list of empty mailslots that displays, select the destination slot for the ejected media. 4. Select Submit. 5. After the media is ejected, the TAPE DRIVE DETAILS screen displays along with the message, "The media was successfully ejected from the drive into slot [destination mailslot number]." Restarting Automigration/Replication Services If you replace a tape drive on your physical tape library, you must restart automigration/replication services afterwards. This resets the services to acknowledge the new tape drive. 1. In Command View VLS, select the System tab. 2. In the navigation tree, select Chassis. 3. Under Maintenance Tasks, select System Maintenance. 56 Automigration/Replication

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8.
Click
Move
.
The
Move Media History
screen displays the current status of the move. The possible status
messages are Moving, Waiting, Successful, and Failed.
If the status of the move is still Waiting, you can click
Cancel
to stop the move.
Ejecting Media from a Slot into an Empty Mailslot
You can eject media from a slot into an empty mailslot within the same library using Eject Media.
From Command View VLS:
1.
Select the
Automigration/Replication
tab.
2.
In the navigation tree, expand
Destination Libraries
and then the library of interest.
3.
Select
Slots
to display the list of slots on that library.
4.
From the task bar, select
Eject Media
. The screen displays a list of slots that are full.
5.
From the list of full slots, select the source slots of the media you want to eject.
The Available Mailslots displays the number of mailslots currently available. As you select and
deselect slot numbers from the list, the number changes.
6.
Click
Next Step
. The screen displays a confirmation.
7.
Select the
Copy before Eject if Out of Sync
box if you want to force a mirror of any cartridge
before it is ejected.
This determines what the system does when the library policy includes a copy on eject and
the media being ejected is either not synchronized or has a status of “Mirror Broken.” If
deselected, the slot will eject immediately without running a copy. If selected, a copy job is
put in the queue and the system will wait to eject the media until after the copy is complete.
Scheduling the copy requires that you wait for the copy to complete before moving another
tape into the slot. Although a status message may display indicating that the copy has begun,
it may still be in the queue.
8.
Click
Eject
.
The
Move Media History
screen displays the current status of the eject. The possible status
messages are Moving, Waiting, Successful, and Failed.
If the status of the move is still Waiting, you can click
Cancel
to stop the eject.
Ejecting Media from a Drive into an Empty Mailslot
To eject media from a drive into an empty mailslot within the same library:
1.
Expand the navigation tree. On the appropriate library, expand
Drives
and then select the
drive from which to eject the media.
The
TAPE DRIVE DETAILS
screen is displayed in the main window.
2.
From the task bar, select
Eject Media
.
3.
From the list of empty mailslots that displays, select the destination slot for the ejected media.
4.
Select
Submit
.
5.
After the media is ejected, the
TAPE DRIVE DETAILS
screen displays along with the message,
“The media was successfully ejected from the drive into slot [destination mailslot number].”
Restarting Automigration/Replication Services
If you replace a tape drive on your physical tape library, you must restart automigration/replication
services afterwards. This resets the services to acknowledge the new tape drive.
1.
In Command View VLS, select the
System
tab.
2.
In the navigation tree, select
Chassis
.
3.
Under
Maintenance Tasks
, select
System Maintenance
.
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