Dell Powervault 124T–Multiple Magazines

For other network admins, that use a 124T tape drive, the following will allow you to swap/pull both magazines w/o having to re-run a second import/export job.

When swapping multiple tapes in both left & right magazines, initiate the import/export inside of backup software (ie. backup exec), once that alert pops up, on the tape drive navigate to commands, export, left magazine. After swapping all the tapes in the left magazine, on the powervault navigate to the right magazine, then when you push the left magazine back in, click enter on the powervault to force the right magazine to pop out.

quick overview of the steps:

• initiate imoprt/export inside of backup software (ie. backup exec)
• on the tape drive console navigate to commands, eject, magazine (left magazine)
• on the tape drive console navigate to the opposite magazine (commands, eject right magazine)
• push the current magazine back in, simultaneously push enter on the tape drive console to eject the opposite magazine

This is a little trick I learned that will save you time from having to run multiple import/export jobs, when changing multiple tapes.