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4.
If desired, change the default name assigned to the Volume Set to something more
meaningful.
a.
Right-click on the name of the newly created Volume Set and select
Rename.
b.
Type the new name.
c.
Select the
Enter
.
Configure the Volume Set
1.
From the Archive Management Console, navigate to the
Volume set configuration
section.
2.
Select the Volume Set you want to configure. The Configuration of volume set panel
displays in the right pane of the Archive Management Console window.
3.
Click the
Configuration
button in the right pane to display the Volume Set
Configuration dialog box.
4.
In the Volume Set Configuration, select
WORM
or
Rewritable
tape cartridges, as
appropriate.
5.
Use the Compressed field to set whether to enable tape drive data compression. If
the systems stores uncompressed data, then selecting this option reduces the
number of tape cartridges needed. Note that many applications perform their own
data compression, so selecting this option may offer minimal further compression.
6.
Select the block size (in bytes) used by the tape drive when writing data from the
drop-down list. For LTO tapes, select
8192
as the number of bytes per block.
7.
If desired, select the
Media capacity
for tape cartridges capacity from the drop-down
list. The default value is
Any
.
Figure 4-3
The Volume Set configuration options.
