Chapter 4 Running Your LibraryPerforming Media OperationsScalar i500 User’s Guide 136Changing the Tape DriveMode 4 You can take the tape drive online or offline. When the tape drive mode isonline, the tape drive is available for use. When the tape drive mode isoffline, the tape drive is offline to the host application and is not availablefor use.Some operations require that the tape drive be offline. You can take a tapedrive offline rather than the entire library or partition so as to minimizedisruption of library operations.This topic focuses on using the library user interface, not the hostapplication, to change the tape drive mode. Using the library to changetape drive mode may affect the host application. See your hostapplication documentation for more information.Details on changing the tape drive mode include:• The default tape drive mode is online.• You can select only tape drives in partitions to which you have beengiven access.• The Online/Offline buttons toggle between modes.The paths to open the appropriate screens are as follows:• From the web client, select Operations > Drive > Change Mode.• From the operator panel, select Operations > Change Drive Mode.For step-by-step procedures, see the library’s online Help. To access theonline Help system, click the Help icon at the top right of the web client oroperator panel user interface.Note: If you change the mode of a control path tape drive to offline, acaution dialog appears asking you to confirm the modechange. For information on control path tape drives, seeWorking With Control Paths on page 78.
