Import/Export Tapes in System Cells

Use system cells to store cleaning and diagnostic tapes. System cells are not accessible by host applications.

Cleaning tapes in system cells are for library-managed (automatic) drive cleaning. If you are using host-managed drive cleaning, import and export cleaning cartridges as you would with normal data tapes.

1. Click Cells/Tapes in the left navigation area of the GUI.
2. Click the Cleaning Tapes tab.
3. Click Import/Export System Cells .
4. Select the CAP to use. During the import and export, the selected CAP will be unavailable to host applications. You must coordinate this activity with the hosts.
5. Select tapes to export (optional). You are not required to export existing tapes in order to import new tapes. The number of tapes you can export is limited to the size of the selected CAP. Click Ok.
6. Remove any ejected tapes from the CAP.
7. Optionally, you can now import cleaning and diagnostic tapes into system cells. Verify there are enough empty system cells for the number of tapes you want to import. Insert the tapes into the CAP. Press the CAP button to close the CAP.

   Note:

   The library will not import data tapes into the system cells. If you place any data tapes in the CAP while importing to system cells, the library reopens the CAP. Remove the data tapes from the CAP.