Manually Creating Partitions - Quantum Scalar i500 User Manual

Table 5 Control Path Assignment During Automatic Partitioning
If a partition contains...
Only FC tape drives and there is at
least one FC I/O blade installed in the
library
a. Selecting a control path for a tape drive attached to an FC I/O blade can affect what is displayed during host mapping
configuration. It can also affect what devices are presented to the host application. If a tape drive is seen multiple times by
the host, check to see if a control path has been defined for the partition and remove it. See
page 68 for information on host mapping.
By default, the library applies the Standard barcode format to each partition. You can change this setting by
modifying the partition after it has been created. For information on modifying partitions, see
Partitions on page 45.
This operation cannot be performed concurrently by multiple administrative
Note
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.
The paths to open the appropriate screens are as follows:
• From the web client, select Setup > Partitions.
• From the operator panel, select Setup > Create Partitions.

Manually Creating Partitions

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 or delete an existing partition to free up resources. For more
information, see Modifying Partitions
When you manually create partition, the library creates control paths as shown in
manually change the control path (see
42 Configuring Your Library
Then control path assignment is as follows...
The FC I/O blade is designated as the control path for the
partition, even if the partition has no tape drives connected to
the FC I/O blade. Proceed as follows:
• In partitions that have tape drives connected to the host
through an FC I/O blade, the FC I/O blade serves as the
control path (no tape drive is configured as a control path
drive). Do not manually select a tape drive as the control path
for this partition unless you select a tape drive that is not
connected to the FC I/O blade. (If you select a tape drive to
host a control path and it is also connected to the FC I/O
blade, you will effectively have two control paths and this can
cause the host to see the same partition multiple times via the
a
FC I/O blade.)
• In partitions that do not have tape drives connected to the
host through an FC I/O blade, you must manually select a
tape drive as the control path for that partition.
on page 45 and Deleting Partitions
Modifying the Control Path
Configuring Host Mapping
on page 45.
Table 6. You can also
on page 52).
on
Modifying