Figure 114. Setup Stand-Alone Device Pop-Up Window

Enter device

This drop-down list box lists all the drives in the library, including virtual drives. It excludes physical drives associated with a Virtual Tape Server.

The selectable operations are as follows:

Mount a single volume

This operation causes the single volume to be mounted in a requested drive. When this operation is selected, a volser must be entered in the volser ®eld and eitherDo not change volume category or Change at mount must be selected.

Demount a single volume

This operation causes a single volume to be demounted from the requested drive. When this operation is selected, a volser can be entered in the

volser ®eld or the ®eld can be left blank. If the ®eld is left blank, the volume currently mounted in the drive is demounted. Do not change volume category or Change at demount must be selected for this operation.

Mount from Input Station

This operation mounts non-library cartridges located in the Convenience Input¤Output Stationdirectly on the requested drive and then returns them to the Convenience Input¤Output Station after unloading.

Mount from Input Station is not supported for virtual drives within a VTS.

Assign category to a device

This operation causes a category to be assigned to a drive. When this operation is selected, a Category to assign to device must be entered and one of three Change volume category options must be selected.

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