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Chapter 6 — Configuring and Managing Partitions
Partition Requirements When configuring the partition, keep the
following in mind:
 The type of drive you select as the Global Spare determines the type of
 The library prevents you from selecting drives that cannot be used as
 Although a Global Spare drive can be shared by multiple partitions, the
 If you do not currently have a drive that can be used as a Global Spare
PostScan Requirements If you plan to use one of the MLM PostScan
features that requires a Global Spare drive, you must configure at least one
Global Spare drive for the partition.
Keep in mind that when the PostScan process starts, it "owns" the Global
Spare drive it is using until all of the cartridges in the PostScan queue are
processed (unless you pause the PostScan operation as described in Pause
the PostScan Process on page 315). If a shared Global Spare drive is being
used for PostScan it is not available for use as a spare. Configuring one or
more dedicated Global Spare drives for each partition that uses PostScan is
highly recommended.
Configuration Process Use the following steps to configure one or more
Global Spare drives for the partition.
1. From the Robotic Control Path screen, click Next. The Spare Drives
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drives that you can assign to the partition.
Global Spares, including drives already selected as controllers.
drive can only be used by one partition at a time. To ensure that each
partition has access to a Global Spare when needed, configure one or
more dedicated Global Spare drives for each partition.
installed in the library, but install one later, you can edit the partition to
configure Global Spares.
Note: See Using PostScan on page 307 for information about the
PostScan feature.
screen lists the drives that are available for use as Global Spares.
If you do not want to configure spare drives, click Next again and skip
to Allocate Chambers and Drives on page 198.
Assign Global Spare Drives
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