Sun StorageTek SL500 Modular Library System
 

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Procedure for replacing tape library cleaning cartridges.
 

Solution

Refer to SL500 User's Guide under Cleaning Drive, page 269.

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24292_01/en/E21059/E21059_04.pdf

Import Cleaning or Diagnostic Cartridges
Task Tool
This task can be performed at any of the following:
•Standalone SL Console
•Web-launched SL Console

Task Purpose
Use this procedure to import new cleaning or diagnostic cartridges to the library through a CAP. The cartridges are entered into reserved system cells.

Before beginning this procedure, verify that all the following conditions are met:
•The required number of reserved system cells are empty.
•The CAP Prevent/Allow state is set to Allow (see your SCSI Reference Manual for syntax).
•The CAP does not contain any data cartridges.

Task Steps
1.Select Tools > Diagnostics.
2.Expand the CAP Folder in the navigation tree, highlight the CAP, and then click the Import/Export tab.
3.Select “Import Cleaning/Diagnostic cartridges,” and then click Start in the upper right-hand corner.
4.The library controller opens the CAP door, and the CAP Open LED turns on.
5.Grip the handle of the magazine, and slide it out of the CAP and onto the door.

Note – To help slide the magazine back into the CAP, do not remove the magazine from the door. Instead, leave the magazine on the CAP door rails.

6.Place the cartridges into the empty magazine cells, making sure that the VOLID label is visible and the hub of the cartridge is down.

Caution – Possible damage to components. Enter the cartridges properly. Otherwise, you could damage the robot or the drive, or cause the library to stop operating. Use only cartridges designed for the drives in your library.

7.Grip the handle and slide the magazine back into the CAP.
8.Close the CAP door, making sure that the door is securely latched.
The robot systematically moves each cleaning and diagnostic cartridge from the CAP to an empty system cell.
9.Monitor the Import/Export Console to verify the status of the import operation.
The “Operation completed” status indicates that the import cartridge operation is complete.
10.After the import operation is complete, the robot audits the CAP.
To view a list of cleaning and diagnostic cartridges in the system cells, see “Display Cleaning Cartridges” on page 273.

Note – If you want to import cleaning and diagnostic cartridges into system cells one cartridge at a time, use the Recovery Move diagnostic utility. See “Move a Cartridge From a Specified Location” on page 300.

Export Cleaning or Diagnostic Cartridges

Task Tool
This task can be performed at any of the following:
•Standalone SL Console
•Web-launched SL Console

Task Purpose
Use this procedure to export specified cleaning or diagnostic cartridges through the CAP.
Note – Before beginning this procedure, verify that the CAP cells are empty.

Task Steps
1.Select Tools > Diagnostics.
2.Expand the CAP Folder in the navigation tree, highlight the CAP, and then click the Import/Export tab.
3.Do one of the following:
•To export only the expired cleaning or diagnostic cartridges, select the “Export expired cleaning/diagnostic cartridges” option.
•To export all cleaning and diagnostic cartridges from the reserved system cells, select the “Export all cleaning/diagnostic cartridges” option.
4.Click the Start button in the upper right corner of the page.
If you selected the “Export expired cleaning/diagnostic cartridges” option, the robot systematically moves all expired cleaning and diagnostic cartridges from the system cells into empty CAP cells.
If you selected the “Export all cleaning/diagnostic cartridges” option, the robot moves all cleaning and diagnostic cartridges from the system cells into empty CAP cells.
5.The library controller opens the CAP, and the CAP Open LED turns on.
6.Grip the handle of the magazine, and slide it out of the CAP and onto the door.

Note – To help slide the magazine back into the CAP, do not remove the magazine from the door. Instead, leave the magazine on the CAP door rails.

7.Remove the cartridges from the magazine.
8.Grip the handle and slide the magazine back into the CAP.
9.Close the CAP door, making sure that the door is securely latched.
10.Monitor the Import/Export Console to verify the status of the export operation.
The “Operation completed” status indicates that the export cartridge operation is completed.

Note – If you want to export cleaning or diagnostic cartridges one at a time, use the Recovery Move diagnostic utility. See “Move a Cartridge From a Specified Location” on page 300.

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