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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Moving to the homeslot Moving to the I/O station 7.7.3 Formatting tape cartridges Example 7-40 Move a tape cartridge from a tape drive to its homeslot Example 7-41 Move a tape cartridge to the ieslot after an export offline operation Example 7-42 Format failure [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. [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. [root@ltfsml1 ~]# ltfsee pool add -p test1 -l lTS3310 -t TST200L6 -f GLESL042I(00640): Adding tape TST200L6 to storage pool test1. 150  IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition V1.2.6: Installation and Configuration Guide