Chapter 3 Configuring Your Library
Working With Partitions
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The default number of partitions created is the number of distinct tape
drive interface/vendor combinations of the tape drives that are not
currently assigned to a partition. For example:
• If your library contained two tape drives, a FC IBM LTO-3 and a FC
IBM LTO-4, one partition would be created since they are the same
interface type and vendor.
• If your library contained two tape drives, a SCSI IBM LTO-2 and a
SCSI HP LTO-2, two partitions would be created because the tape
drive vendors are different.
If you choose to create fewer partitions than the default, but more than
one partition, some resources will not be assigned to a partition.
However, if you choose to create one single partition, all available
resources will be assigned to the one partition. When the library
automatically creates partitions, it creates control paths. See
Working
With Control Paths
on page 78 for a description of the default control
paths and how to change them.
By default, the library applies the Standard barcode format to each
partition. You can change this setting by modifying the partitions after it
has been created. For information on modifying partitions, see
Modifying
Partitions
on page 66.
The paths to open the appropriate screens are as follows:
• From the web client, select
Setup > Partitions
.
• From the operator panel, select
Setup > Partition Mgmt > Create
Partition
.
Manually Creating
Partitions
3
Using the web client, administrative users can manually create additional
partitions any time after the initial configuration of the library. The
maximum number of partitions that can be created is equal to the number
of drives in the library.
The library must contain at least one unassigned tape drive and slot to
create a partition. If no tape drives or slots are available, you must modify
Note:
This operation cannot be performed concurrently by multiple
administrative users logged in from different locations. You
can access the screen, but you cannot apply changes while
another administrative user is performing the same operation.
