Eject cartridges from the tape library inventory

When you eject a cartridge, you remove it from the tape library inventory.

All tape library devices use iSeries™ Navigator to eject cartridges. You can also use the Remove Tape Cartridge (RMVTAPCTG) to change media to the *EJECT category.

When you eject a cartridge you can eject it to one of three locations:

Tape library default
Convenience station
High capacity output station

See the iSeries Navigator help for more detailed information about these locations.

To eject tapes from a tape library, use one of the following procedures:

Specify tapes to eject by category or cartridge ID

In iSeries Navigator, expand My Connections > your iSeries server > Configuration and Service > Hardware > Tape Devices > Tape Libraries.
Right-click your tape library, and select Eject Cartridges.

Select tapes to eject

Select tapes to eject from the Cartridge folder:

In iSeries Navigator, expand My Connections > your iSeries server > Configuration and Service > Hardware > Tape Devices > Tape Libraries > your tape library.
Select Cartridges.
Right-click the cartridge you want to eject and select Eject Cartridge. You can select multiple cartridges to eject.

Note: If you are using the character-based interface, cartridges that are in the convenience (*CNV) category are exported when they are unloaded from a tape resource for a tape command that is using ENDOPT(*UNLOAD). If a cartridge in the *CNV category is unloaded from a tape resource by the system to load another cartridge the cartridge that was in the tape resource will not be ejected from the tape library.