Chapter 3 Configuring Your Library
Working With Partitions
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At any time after the initial configuration of the library, administrative
users can create, modify, and delete partitions by selecting
Setup >
Partitions
on the web client, or create and delete partitions by selecting
Setup > Partition Mgmt
on the operator panel.
There are two ways to create partitions:
•
Automatically —
Library resources are assigned proportionately
among the partitions. Tape drives are grouped according to their
interface type (FC, SCSI, or SAS) and tape drive vendor. You can
create partitions automatically on either the operator panel or the
web client. When you automatically create partitions, you add to the
number of existing partitions.
•
Manually
—
An administrative user can create partitions one at a time.
Creating partitions manually gives you more control over resource
allocation. You can, for example, assign different tape drive types to
the same partition. You can create partitions manually only on the
web client. When you manually create partitions, you add to the
number of existing partitions.
The maximum number of partitions that can be created is equal to the
number of drives in the library.
Table 5
shows the possible number of
partitions that can be created for each of the available library
configurations.
Table 5 Number of Partitions
Supported
Available
Configurations
Tape Drives
Minimum, Maximum
Partitions
Minimum, Maximum
5U
1, 2
1
,
2
14U
1
,
6
1
,
6
23U
1
,
10
1
,
10
32U
1, 14
1, 14
41U
1, 18
1, 18
