For an IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Automated Tape Library 3494, IBM 3495 Tape Library Dataserver, or a manual tape library, the act of physically removing a tape cartridge, usually under robot control, by placing it in an output station. The software logically removes the cartridge by deleting or updating the tape volume record in the tape configuration database (TCDB). For a manual tape library, cartridge eject is the logical removal of a tape cartridge from the manual tape library by deleting or updating the tape volume record in the TCDB.