Mounting cartridges

Mounting requests initiate the following actions:

• ROBAR converts the BS2000 console messages directly into mount statements for the archive system.

• The archive system passes the corresponding commands to the robot.

• The robot identifies the cartridge by means of its barcode label.

• If the cartridge is mounted and can be identified by the tape monitor of the BS2000 system (device manager), the tape monitor itself responds to the mount message. In certain situations, e.g. in the case of a PREMOUNT message, during cartridge initialization, during FDDRL runs and all other special cartridge uses, ROBAR must send the BS2000 system issuing the request an acknowledgment of the volume mount operation.