> -----Original Message----- > From: Jason L Tibbitts III [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 2:29 PM > To: Dominic Lepiane > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Tape library with 24 slots > > >>>>> "DL" == Dominic Lepiane <[email protected]> writes: > > DL> Dear list, We have recently acquired a Dell PowerVault TL2000 tape > DL> library. It has an LTO-4 drive, 2 magazines with a total of 24 > DL> slots including an import / export slot on slot 24: > > You can't generally pick from the I/E slot to the drive. If you really > want to use all 24 slots, disable it. > > I have a Tandberg StorageLibrary T24 which is probably the same thing > and you don't actually get the 24th slot unless you disable the I/E > slot > (and the fixed cleaning slot as well). > > - J<
So generally when loading tapes you have a couple options. For small numbers of tapes, you can load a tape by the import / export slot and then transfer the tape to some usable element. Or, for large numbers of tapes, disable the I/E slot and instead unload / load a whole magazine. As per my OP, 23 tapes is sufficient, so I'll stick with the former method. I will only be unloading / loading two or three tapes at a time for a while. At least until we get a newer version of Amanda :) Thank you all, - Dominic
