Creating A Storage Partition; Define The Initial Storage Partition Settings - Spectra Logic Spectra T950V User Manual

Chapter 6 — Configuring and Managing Partitions
2. Enter the number of chambers you want to assign to the cleaning
3. Proceed to Confirming and Saving the Partition Settings on page 189.
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The following sections describe using the BlueScale partition wizard to
create a new storage partition.

Define the Initial Storage Partition Settings

If you did not yet create any partitions on the library, you can choose to
either have the BlueScale partition wizard automatically create a single
storage partition that uses all or most of the licensed chambers and
installed drives or you can use the wizard to manually create storage
partitions to your own specifications.
The drives you plan to use in the partition must be installed in the library before
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you start configuring the partition.
Components not configured in a partition may not display in the BlueScale
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interface for a few minutes after library initialization.
Automatically Create a Partition Use the following steps to have the
BlueScale partition wizard automatically create a single storage partition.
The partition uses all installed drives, has a single chamber assigned to the
entry/exit pool, and has all or most of the remaining licensed chambers
assigned to the storage pool. If the entire library is licensed, one chamber
per frame is left out of the partition to optimize tape movements.
1. Log in as a user with superuser or administrator privileges.
2. From the toolbar menu, select Configuration > Partitions to display the
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partition.
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Shared Library Services screen.

Creating a Storage Partition

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