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Create Clean Partitions
Cleaning partitions contain only cleaning cartridges designated for auto-cleaning operations. Assigned
cartridges in a cleaning partition are not considered part of the logical library. To enable the library’s Auto
Clean feature, you must create at least one cleaning partition.
You can create cleaning partitions during the initial configuration and at any time after that, as long as
unassigned slots are available. If no slots are available, you can still create a cleaning partition using the
Create Cleaning Partitions wizard.
By default, the wizard uses the last twenty slots of the physical library. If there is a partition that already
covers this range, the wizard crops the existing partition and then creates the cleaning partition form the last
twenty; if the range is available (unpartitioned space), the wizard creates the cleaning partition within the
defined range. You can modify this number during set up.
Example 1:
The library has 1000 storage slots. Partition1 covers the storage range 1-1000
• The Create Cleaning Partitions wizard crops Partition1 to 1-980 and creates Cleaning Partition1 at
981-1000
Example 2:
The library has 1000 storage slots. Partition1 covers storage range 1-800. The Create Clean Partitions
wizard creates Cleaning Partition1 at 981-1000.
Selecting the Create Clean Partition activates the wizard. From the drop-down menu, select the appropriate
physical library where you want the new cleaning partitions to reside. See the following figure.
Figure 40 Select Physical Library
After selecting the Physical Library, choose which media types that you want to activate the cleaning
functionality on. Click the check box to enable or disable cleaning. See the following figure.
Note
Cleaning partitions are NOT assigned to the logical library; they are different than the
regular partitions in the library. Until you create at least one other logical library, you
cannot create a cleaning partition.
Entry Operation Description
Select Physical
Library Supplied Select the physical library from the drop-down menu. The created
cleaning partitions will reside in the selected library.