StorageTek Host Software Component 6 User Manual

1st ed., 6/30/04 - 312579601

The Enter Cartridges utility permits you to batch enter cartridges into the library through 
the CAP. 

Operating instructions for the CAP are provided in the HSC Operator’s Guide. 

Note: When there are no more cartridges to be entered, open the CAP once again to ensure 
that no cartridges are present in the CAP cells, and then close the CAP to complete 
processing. 

The utility returns a print file containing a list of the volumes entered to the virtual 
machine which submitted the job. That virtual machine should copy the print file onto 
disk. The listing is then available for you to initialize the internal magnetic labels in any 
manner you choose, to inform the tape management system that the volumes are scratch 
volumes, and/or to eject the volumes. 

Note: The Enter Cartridges utility may not run concurrently with an Audit utility within 
the same ACS. In addition, the Scratch Redistribution utility may not run concurrently 
within the same ACS when the Enter Cartridges SCRatch option is specified. 

If either of these conditions is not followed, an HSC message is generated and the utility 
must be resubmitted. 

specifies that cartridges are to be batch entered into the library via a designated CAP. 

specifies a particular Cartridge Access Port to be used for the operation. 

cap-id identifies the Cartridge Access Port. The format for cap-id is AA:LL:CC 
where AA is the ACS number (hexadecimal 00-FF), LL is the LSM number 
(hexadecimal 00-17), and CC is the CAP number. 

Allowable values for CC are: