Before you remove a tape cartridge from one tape cartridge pool and add it to another tape cartridge pool, reclaim the tape cartridge to ensure that no files remain on the tape when it is removed. For more information, see 7.19, “Reclamation” on page 192. 

## Moving to the homeslot 

To move a tape cartridge from a tape drive to its homeslot in the tape library, use the command that is shown in Example 7-40. You might want to use this command in cases where a tape cartridge is loaded in a tape drive and you want to unload it. 

[root@ltfsml1 ~]# ltfsee tape move homeslot -t TST200L6 -p test -l TS3310 GLESL373I(00636): Moving tape TST200L6 Tape TST200L6 is unmounted because it is inserted into the drive. Tape TST200L6 is moved successfully. 

## Moving to the I/O station 

The command that is shown in Example 7-41 moves a tape cartridge to the ieslot  (I/O station). This might be required when tape cartridges are exported or exported offline. 

[root@ltfsml1 ~]# ltfsee export -p test -l TS3310 -t TST200L6 -o "LTFS EE Redbooks" Export of tape TST200L6 has been requested... Export of tape TST200L6 complete. Updated offline state of tape TST200L6. Removing tape TST200L6 from storage pool test. [root@ltfsml1 ~]# ltfsee tape move ieslot -t TST200L6 -l TS3310 GLESL373I(00636): Moving tape 2TST200L6 Tape TST200L6 is unmounted because it is inserted into the drive. Tape 2TST200L6 is moved successfully. 

The move can be between homeslot  and ieslot  or tape drive and homeslot . If the tape cartridge belongs to a tape cartridge pool and online (not in the Offline state), the request to move it to the ieslot  fails. After a tape cartridge is moved to ieslot , the tape cartridge cannot be accessed from IBM Spectrum Archive EE. If the tape cartridge contains migrated files, the tape cartridge should not be moved to ieslot  without first exporting the tape cartridge. 

A tape cartridge in ieslot  cannot be added to a tape cartridge pool. Such a tape cartridge must be moved to home slot before adding it. 

## 7.7.3 Formatting tape cartridges 

This section describes how to format a medium in the library for the IBM Spectrum Archive EE. There are two options that can be used: -f  or -F . The -f  option formats only a scratch tape. The format fails if the tape cartridge is already LTFS formatted. If the tape cartridge is already formatted for IBM Spectrum Archive EE, the format fails, as shown in Example 7-42. 

[root@ltfsml1 ~]# ltfsee pool add -p test1 -l lTS3310 -t TST200L6 -f GLESL042I(00640): Adding tape TST200L6 to storage pool test1. 

