HPE StoreOnce 6500 User Manual page 26

Field
Default Drive Emulation
Number of Cartridge Slots
Number of Drives
Cartridge Size
Number of Barcode
Characters
26 VTL (Virtual Tape Libraries)
Description
The drive emulation type, LTO–2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, determines the default
capacity of the newly created cartridges within the library device. Tape
cartridge capacities can be changed individually at any time but cannot be
reduced to smaller than the current used size.
If you selected D2DBS Generic for the Library Emulation, Ultrium VT is an
option for drive emulation. This is a generic Ultrium device which is clearly
identifiable as virtual. Where supported by the backup application, Hewlett
Packard Enterprise recommends that D2DBS Generic and Ultrium VT are
used in preference to the other emulation types.
All drives on a library configured with the IBM-TS3500 emulation type will
use the IBM-LTO3 drive emulation type. Drives on a library configured with
IBM-TS3500 IBMi will use the IBM-LTO5 drive emulation type. If the library
is then changed to a different emulation type, the drives will change to the
default drive emulation type of LTO4.
If you edit this field, the new setting applies only to the next drives that are
created within the library, it is not retrospectively applied to existing drives.
Define the number of cartridge slots in the library. The number of slots
available depends upon the Emulation Type selected. Each slot is
automatically populated with a new cartridge upon creation. The cartridge
capacity corresponds to the Drive Emulation type.
The default number of drives is determined by the Emulation Type
selected. If increasing the number of drives, DO NOT exceed the
maximum number of libraries and drives that a host can physically access.
The number of drives can only be edited during library creation from this
field. After library creation, there is a separate button to add and remove
drives.
See Key Parameters on page 247 for detailed specifications.
The size of the cartridge in GB. This field is only available during creation
of the cartridge.
See Key Parameters on page 247 for detailed specifications.
Enables the barcodes for the library to display six or eight characters. The
StoreOnce System generates barcodes automatically for cartridges. When
entering a barcode manually, eight characters are required. If the 6–
character barcode is selected, the StoreOnce System will truncate to six
characters, removing two characters of an 8–character barcode. For
example, barcode 1ABCDEFG will truncate to BCDEFG. The barcode is
displayed with the truncated characters in brackets on the Cartridges tab,
(1A)BCDEFG.
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