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Chapter 5 Configuring Your Library

Working With Partitions

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When modifying a partition, you may need to provide the following

information:

Partition Name

— limited to a maximum of 12 lower-case

alphanumeric characters and underscores (_).

Media Barcode Format

— This setting tells the library how to read and

report barcodes of the tape cartridges in the partition. The default

selection is

Standard

(for definitions of each of the options, see ).

• Number of Slots — the number of tape cartridge slots allocated to the

partition.

• Drives — the tape drive or drives assigned to the partition.

You cannot modify partitions manually from the operator panel. The

path to open the appropriate screen is:

• From the Web client, select

Setup > Partitions

.

Deleting Partitions

5

A partition can be deleted when it is no longer needed or in preparation

for removing a module from the library. Administrators can delete one

partition at a time.
Unload all tape drives and export all cartridges assigned to the partition

that is to be deleted. After exporting the cartridges, remove them from the

I/E station. For more information, see

Unloading Tape Drives

on

page 175 and

Exporting Media

on page 172.

Details about deleting partitions include the following:

• After a partition is deleted, its resources (for example, tape drives and

slots) become available and can be reassigned to new or existing

partitions.

• Deleting a partition does not delete users assigned to that partition.

However, if these users are not assigned to other partitions, they will

not be able to perform library operations. See

Changing Partition

Access

on page 77.

Note:

Before deleting a tape drive from a partition, verify that it is

unloaded. For information on unloading tape drives, see

Unloading Tape Drives

on page 175.

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