Assign Global Spare Drives - Spectra TFinity User Manual

Chapter 6 — Configuring and Managing Partitions
Use the following instructions to select the robotic control path:
1. From the Barcode Options screen, click Next. The Robotic Control Path
2. Select the controller(s) to provide the control path for the robotics.
If you want to use the controller failover feature for RIMs (see
Important
Failover on page



Assign Global Spare Drives

The Global Spare option lets you remotely substitute a working drive for a
failed one using a spare drive in the library. Having a Global Spare drive in
the library lets you continue your backup operations and replace the failed
drive the next time you are physically present at the library. See Using a
Global Spare Drive on page 403 for instructions on how to use the Global
Spare drive in place of a failed drive.
Requirements Before you can configure the Global Spare option, the
following requirements must be met:
 The partition must use direct‐attached Fibre Channel LTO or TS11xx
 In addition to the drives assigned to the partition for use by the host
 All of the drives in a partition with a Global Spare must match the
 The drives that are configured as Global Spares must be connected to
November 2020
screen displays a list of the controllers currently installed in the library.
Figure 120 Select the exporting controller.
132), keep the following requirements in mind:
You must have at least two RIMs installed in the library.
If you configured controller failover before you configured the storage partition,
select the primary controller in the failover pair to provide the robotic control path.
technology drives. SAS drives are not supported as Global Spares.
software, the library must have direct‐attached Fibre Channel drives
available for use as spares in the partition.
technology and generation of the Global Spare.
the same Fibre Channel arbitrated loop or fabric as the drives they
would replace. You may need to reconfigure your switch to access the
Global Spare drive.
Assign Global Spare Drives
Configure Controller
User Guide—Spectra TFinity Library
196