Quantum SDLC 2.7, Reference Manual

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156 Configuration Tab
Define Drives
The drives defined by the client may represent only the drives that are currently installed and successfully
recognized by the library.
Figure 115 Define Drives
With the arrow buttons define the required drive(s) for the current client. Press OK when finish. Press
Cancel to exit without changing the drive defining settings.
Down Click Unreserve the selected drive for the client, the drive should be
empty. Has the same effect as the DAS command “
allocd
drive DOWN ”. Refer to DAS Administration Guide .
Force Up Click Reserve the selected drive for the client. Has the same effect
as the DAS command “
allocd drive FUP ”. Refer to DAS
Administration Guide .
Force Down Click Unreserve the selected drive for the client. Has the same effect
as the DAS command “
allocd drive FDOWN ”. Refer to DAS
Administration Guide .
Define Click Open pop-up Define Drives pane. See Figure 115 on page
156.
Help Click Open online help for the current pane.
Note
The client may access only the reserved drives if there is Requires Drive Allocation
property checked (refer to Properties on page 152); if this property is not checked, the
client does not need reserving the drive(s).
Reserving drive(s) however guaranties that no other client will access the reserved drive,
especially when the reservation is exclusive (refer to
Drive on page 115).
CAUTION
The client with no drives defined (empty list) may access all drives in the
logical library. The client with drives defined may access only the defined
drives.
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