Chapter 3 DX3000 and DX5000 Remote Management
Configuration
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• If you select
By quantity
, you can create between 1 and 400
cartridges per logical drive. The capacity decreases the more tape
cartridges you create.
• If you select
By capacity
, you choose between 5 GB and the
maximum capacity of the logical drive per cartridge. The number
of cartridges decreases with higher capacity per cartridge.
4
Enter the starting cartridge barcode.
The cartridges are created and are available on the DX3000/DX5000
system.
Virtual Disk Area
3
The DX3000 and DX5000 systems allow you to dedicate a certain amount
of disk area within your system to virtual disks. Virtual disks display as
available hard drives on your host. The
Virtual Disks Area
link allows you
to dynamically create and delete virtual disks. The virtual disks link is
divided into the
Create Virtual Disks
section and the
Delete Virtual Disks
section.
Creating a Virtual Disk
To create a virtual disk:
1
Click the
Virtual Disks Link
.
The
Virtual Disks Area
screen displays (see
figure 22
).
Note:
The maximum number of cartridges depends on the size of
the volumes created in the
Media Areas Configuration
section.
Note:
The barcode format must be AANNNN, where A is any
uppercase alpha-numeric character and N is any single
digit (0-9). Barcodes automatically increment.