Complete service on drive

Completes a service action on the specified drive. This takes the drive out of the inServiceMode state and is typically done at the end of a replacement procedure to allow the drive to resume normal operations.

Request syntax

POST /v1/tasks {"type": "completeDriveService", "location": "drive_F<f>C<c>R<r>"}
Completes a service action on the specified drive. This takes the drive out of the inServiceMode state and starts a long-running task in the library that is visible from the GUI.

POST /v1/tasks {"type": "completeDriveService", "sn": <serial number>}
Completes a service action on the drive with the specified serial number. This takes the drive out of the inServiceMode state and starts a long-running task in the library that is visible from the GUI.

Request body parameters

type (string, required)

The task type to run. In this case, completeDriveService.

location (string, optional)

The location of the tape drive to take out of the service mode. Either location or sn is required.

sn (string, optional)

The globally unique serial number of the drive. Either location or sn is required.

Example

> POST /v1/tasks/ {"type": "completeDriveService", "location": "drive_F2C4R2"}
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Location: /v1/tasks/42
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 10
{"ID": 46}