I've tested this on my system and I can confirm its now working as 
expected. Thank you very much!

On Friday, 8 April 2022 at 08:51:40 UTC+12 quadstor wrote:

> Please try with 
> https://www.quadstor.com/vtlnext/quadstor-vtl-ext-3.0.61.1-rhel.x86_64.rpm 
> and UseFreeSlot=0
>
> When trying to insert a tape into the library if UseFreeSlot=1 (default) 
> the first available free storage slot is used, if none is available then a 
> free I/E port is used. The opposite behavior when UseFreeSlot=0.
> However UseFreeSlot was not considered when unvaulting a tape. This 
> behavior has now changed.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 2:16 AM M K <mko...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> # lsb_release -a
>> LSB Version:    :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch
>> Distributor ID: RedHatEnterpriseServer
>> Description:    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.9 (Maipo)
>> Release:        7.9
>> Codename:       Maipo
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, 5 April 2022 at 21:17:05 UTC+12 quadstor wrote:
>>
>>> We will check. Which linux distribution are you using ?
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 2:17 PM M K <mko...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello
>>>>
>>>> I'm currently setting up an QUADstor VTL instance to use as a mass 
>>>> storage backend on an archive system. However I'm running into a problem 
>>>> around how the VTL handles moving tapes in and around the IE slot and 
>>>> vault.
>>>>
>>>> When bringing a tape back from vault it will bring it back directly 
>>>> into the library slots, rather than the IE slots. This is a problem 
>>>> because 
>>>> the backup system doesn't know the tape is in the library as it expects to 
>>>> ingest the tapes itself and won't let me eject it because it doesn't think 
>>>> its in the library. The Quadstor documentation says to eject a tape, to do 
>>>> it from the backup software which I can't do. Is there a way to eject the 
>>>> vcartridge from Quadstor itself and is there a setting so when a tape is 
>>>> unvaulted it goes into the IE slot rather than the library slots?
>>>>
>>>> I have UseFreeSlot=0, which will put new tapes into the IE slot, but 
>>>> doesn't seem to effect the unvaulting process.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> M
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