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Inventory - Save Logical Volumes and Physical Volume Information:
The Inventory - Save Logical Volumes and Physical Volume Information window
(Figure 201 on page 321) opens before the start of an Inventory operation. This
allows you to save the VTS logical volumes and physical volume information
stored in the Library Manager database. This save operation has the following
benefits:
v When you save the VTS logical volumes, you do not have to reinsert them later.
This also preserves the category information in the database.
v
When you save the physical volume information, you also preserve the category
information in the database.
If the database contains physical volume information, this window contains two
radio buttons for the non-VTS partition:
v Save physical volume information
v
Don’t save physical volume information
If the database contains both physical and logical volume information, this
window contains three radio buttons for the VTS partitions:
v
Save logical volumes and physical volume information
v Save logical volumes only
v
Don’t save any volumes or volume information
The Inventory - Save Logical Volumes and Physical Volume Information window
has the following controls:
Buttons for each partition
These buttons allow you to select the Save or Don’t Save action you want
the 3494 Tape Library to perform. Buttons are available only for the
number of VTSs installed.
Buttons for saving/deleting library constructs (and associated definitions)
These buttons allow you to select
″
Save library construct definitions
″
or
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Delete library construct definitions
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Figure 200. Save Logical Volumes Window
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