IBM Magstar 3494 manual Insert VTS Logical Volumes, Delete range, Volser in range?

used to add or modify a range. An error message is displayed if there is a problem with the new or modi®ed range.

Delete range

Deletes the highlighted range from the list of ranges. You are prompted to con®rm the delete operation. SelectYes to perform the range delete. Select No to cancel the range delete.

Volser in range?

Checks to see if the volser entered in the ªFromº entry ®eld is in a de®ned range. If so, the range is highlighted in the list box.

Total volsers in range

Computes the number of physical volumes that are within a highlighted range.

Cancel

Close the volser range panel. All changes to the ranges are saved.

Help Display this help panel.

Insert VTS Logical Volumes

The Insert VTS Logical Volumes pop-up window allows the insert of logical volumes into a VTS library. With the Warp 4.0 operating system, up to a total of 150,000 logical volumes can be inserted into the 3494 library (with prior versions of the operating system, up to 50,000 logical volumes can be inserted). For information on determining which operating system you have, see ªUsing the Help Pull-Downºon page 94 and 95.

Volsers must be unique within a physical library. A logical volume's volser cannot match another logical or physical volume's volser. If a duplicate volser is encountered, the duplicate is not inserted.

Note: On High Availability machines, dual write mode is suspended during the insert operation if more than 1000 volumes are being inserted.

To insert logical volumes:

1.Enter a volser or range of volsers to be inserted into the library.

2.Select the cartridge type to be emulated.

3.Select which VTS library the volumes are to be inserted into.

4.Select the Insert button.

This panel has the following controls:

Volser 1 and 2 entry ®elds

Volser entry ®elds must contain six alphanumeric characters. The 2 volsers must be entered in the same format. Corresponding characters in each volser must both be either alphabetic or both be numeric. For example, AAA998 and AAB004 are of the same form, whereas AA9998 and AAB004 are not.

The volser is incremented where alphabetic characters are incremented alphabetically and numeric characters are incremented numerically. For example, volser range ABC000 through ABD999 would result in an insert of 2000 volsers (ABC000 - ABC999 and ABD000 - ABD999).

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