4.
Verify that the drive you added is displayed in the Unassigned column. If the drive
does not display, a communications problem exists. Verify that all cables are properly
seated.
5.
Select Cancel or select
Settings —> Drive Assignment
to refresh the data and
display the drive.
Parent topic:
Using the drive assignment Web page
Adding a drive to a logical library
Complete this task to add a drive to a logical library.
About this task
Certain guidelines exist for adding a drive to a logical library. In a TS3500 Tape Library with
the Advanced Library Management System (ALMS), all encryption-enabled drives within a
logical library must be managed the same way; either library managed, application
managed, or system managed. Encryption-enabled drives cannot be shared.
To add a tape drive to a logical library, perform the following steps:
Procedure
1.
From the Work Items navigation pane, select
Drives —> Drive Assignment
. The
Logical Drive Assignment Filter screen displays.
2.
Follow the instructions on the screen to select a drive or logical library, and select
Continue
. The Drive Assignment screen displays. The screen includes:
•
Drive column
. When you select the link to each drive, the Drive Details
screen displays the drive's World Wide Node Name, type (LTO or 3592), physical
location (frame and row), type of interface, SCSI or Loop ID, status of contents,
and type of encryption method.
•
Logical Library column
. Up to 192 columns for the logical libraries that you
can create.
•
Totals of dedicated and shared drives
. Located at the bottom of the
screen.
•
Cancel
. When you select Cancel, the firmware erases the changes that you
made to the drives and refreshes the Drive Assignment screen with the previous
entries (the same occurs if you leave the Drive Assignment screen before you
select Assign; all of the changes that you made are lost and the screen restores
the previous entries).
