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Number of Storage
Slots
Number of Virtual
Tape Drives
4. (Optional) Under Replication Settings, specify replication settings.
For more information about configuring replication for a partition, or to set up replication
for the partition at a later time, see
5. Click Apply.
6. Click Online to return the partition to an online state.
Deleting a VTL Partition
Delete a VTL partition if it is no longer needed. When you delete a partition, all data stored on
the partition is lost.
If you delete a partition configured for Cartridge Based Replication on the source
ETERNUS CS800, the partition is not automatically deleted on the target
ETERNUS CS800. If you do not want to retain the partition on the target
ETERNUS CS800, you can manually delete it.
To delete a VTL partition:
1. If the partition is online, select the partition and click Offline to take the partition offline.
To delete a partition, it must be offline.
2. If there are tape cartridges in any of the tape drives in the partition, move the cartridges to
storage slots (see
empty.
3. Select the partition and click Delete.
4. Click Yes to confirm the deletion.
If the partition contains tape cartridges, they are exported from the partition before it is
deleted.
ETERNUS CS800
Enter the number of storage slots in the partition (up to 9,000).
Enter the number of virtual tape drives in the partition.
"Media Move" on page
You can select multiple partitions to delete at once.
One I/E slot is created for each storage slot up to a
maximum of 240 I/E slots.
If all tape drives are currently assigned to other
partitions, you must remove one or more tape drives
from an existing partition to make them available for use
in a new partition.
"Replication" on page
229). To delete a partition, all drives must be
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