Configuring Partitions, Creating Partitions

	Caution	Make sure the library has empty slots available in the cleaning slot magazine
	Caution	before you add more cleaning slots. These are located in the three innermost

		slots (innermost column) of the lower right magazine.

When the number of cleaning slots is increased, the added slots are taken from the partition owning the lower right magazine. The number of available slots in the affected partition is decreased by the same number.

When the number of cleaning slots is decreased, the released slots are added to the partition owning the lower right magazine. Make sure to remove the cleaning cartridges from the library before you reduce the number of cleaning slots.

The cleaning slots are configured with the Setup Wizard. After the initial setup of your library you can later access the cleaning slot configuration screens directly:

From the RMI, select Setup > Slots

From the FPI, select Setup > Slots

Configuring Partitions

Partitions are virtual sections within a library that present the appearance of multiple, separate libraries for purposes of file management, access by multiple users, or dedication to one or more host applications. By default, the library has one partition, which includes all of the librarys resources.

Administrator can create and delete all partitions. The partitions are generated manually one at a time. You can create partitions on either the front panel or the remote management interface. Operator has access to all partitions but cannot create or delete partitions.

At minimum, a partition consists of one tape drive and one magazine. The tape drive or slot cannot be shared with another partition (an exception to the sharing restrictions are cleaning tapes and the I/E station slots, which are shared among all partitions).

You can later change your partition setup either from the front panel interface or the remote management interface.

Creating Partitions

Use the front panel or remote management interface to create partitions. The maximum number of partitions that can be created depends on how many drives are installed (up to 4). The Administrator must define at least one partition.

To define Partition 1, the user will be asked to select the drive(s) that shall be associated with the partition.

The user will also be asked to select which available magazines to include in the partition. Depending on the selections for I/E and cleaning slots, the number of slots for some magazines may be affected.

The wizard displays the number of slots associated with each magazine based on the input for I/E and cleaning so that it is visible to the operator.

For each partition, the user is asked to verify, or change, the SCSI ID and Control Path, to specify whether he wants Autoclean enabled or disabled, and to specify the Barcode Reporting mode (6 characters or 13 characters).

If there is at least one unassigned drive and one unassigned magazine, the wizard asks if the user wants to configure another partition. If yes, then repeat the steps for partition setup. If no, the user gets a warning that there are unassigned resources in the library.

The partitions are configured with the Setup Wizard. If you later want to change your partition configuration, you can either re-run the Setup Wizard or access the partition configuration screens directly:

From the RMI, select Setup > Partition/Drive

38	Configuring the Library

T40 specifications

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