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Manually Cancel a Validation in Progress
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Effects of a Library Restart on Media Validation
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Why Aren't the Media Validation Drives Showing in STA?
Add a Drive to the Media Validation Pool
Add IBM LTO6 or higher drives to the pool to dedicate them for media validation.
These drives are invisible to host applications and can only be used for media
validation.
1.
From the Library page or Drives table, right-click an IBM LTO6 or higher drive.
2.
Select Use for Media Validation to add the drive to the pool.
3.
The library must go offline to perform this action. Use the checkbox to select
whether or not to automatically bring the library back online. Click OK.
The library will go offline, disable the drive data ports, and add the drive to the
media validation pool. The drive is no longer available for host operations. On the
Library page, the drive will be marked with MV.
Remove a Drive from the Media Validation Pool
Drives remain dedicated for media validation until you explicitly remove them from the
media validation pool.
1.
From the Library page or Drives table, right-click a media validation drive.
2.
Select Stop Using for Media Validation to remove the drive from the pool.
3.
The library must go offline to perform this action. Use the checkbox to select
whether or not to automatically bring the library back online. Click OK.
The library will go offline, enable the drive data ports, and remove the drive from
the media validation pool.
4.
If using a partitioned library, assign the drive to a partition.
See
Assign Resources to the Partition
Chapter 6
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