Sun Microsystems StreamLine SL8500 - Manual (Page 144)

Diagnostic Utilities
104 StreamLine™ SL8500 Modular Library System User's Guide • March 2007 Revision K • 96154
Utilities
The StreamLine Library Console provides the following utilities to:
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Load code
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Perform audits
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Perform a library self test
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Move cartridges within a library
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Search for a cartridge, result code, or device status
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Modify the CAP locked status
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Copying the MIB text file
For detailed instructions on using the these utilities, access the online help
documentation available through the StreamLine Library Console application.
Loading Code
See “Upgrading Firmware” on page 30 for information on loading code.
Performing Audits
An SL8500 library is capable of storing all cartridge locations within its memory.
The term audit refers to the process of reading and cataloging all cartridges within a
library, verifying the locations of specified cartridges, or validating a range of slot
locations.
During an initialization, the library audits the location and VOLID of all cartridges in
the storage and reserve slots. The library also performs an audit when you:
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Open and close the library access doors
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Make a request from the Library Console
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Make a request at the host console to audit the tape library
The SL8500 maintains a cartridge database in the HBC card. The cartridge database
contains the following information for all the cartridges in the library:
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Volume Serial Numbers (VOLID)
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SL8500 address location
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Verified status (true or false)
The Library Console offers the following types of audits:
1. Physical audit. The library controller reads and catalogs every cartridge by its VOLID
slot location. This information is stored in HBC memory. Audit times vary according
to the size of the library, the number of HandBots, and the speed of the scan engine
for the bar code scanner.
The library performs a physical audit:
a. At power-up or when one or both access doors are opened and closed - the
HandBot visits all cartridge slots, catalogs the VOLIDs and locations, and updates
the HBC cartridge database.
b. When initiated from the Library Console. The application offers two types of
physical audits: