Creating Partitions Manually - ADIC Scalar i2000 Installation Manual

Creating Partitions Manually

Use Manual mode to allocate drives, storage slots and I/E station magazines when creating a new partition.
Manual mode provides two ways to allocate system resources: Simple and Expert modes. In Simple
mode, you can specify the quantity of each element you want assigned to the partition. The library assigns
the next available elements to the partition. In Expert mode, you indicate specifically by location which
drives, storage magazines, or I/E station magazines to assign to the partition.
To create a partition manually
1 Select Setup > Partitions.
The Partitions dialog box is displayed.
2 Select Create.
3 If no partitions currently exist, the Partitions – Choose Creation Mode dialog box is displayed. Select
Manual. If at least one partition is already configured, this dialog will not display.
4 In the Choose Partition Properties dialog box that is displayed, configure the following settings:
• Type a name into the Name box to describe the new partition.
• Make a selection from the Drive Type drop-down box to indicate to appropriate drive type and
interface.
• Select a product type from the Product ID drop-down box.
5 Select Next to proceed.
6 In the Choose Policy Settings dialog box:
• Select whether or not to enable Media Type Checking. With a valid media type identifier present
and the Media Type Checking setting enabled, which it is by default, a host is prevented from
executing invalid media moves across differing media types. For example, a host can be prevented
from moving LTO2 media to an LTO1 drive. If an invalid move is attempted, an error is returned to
the host.
Regardless of whether or not partition media policies are enabled or disabled, the library always
prevents host move-media commands that cross different media domains. For example, the library
will never execute a host command to move an LTO cartridge from an LTO drive to an SDLT
storage slot, and vise versa.
• Configure the Return Media Identifier. With the Return Media Identifier setting, you can control if
and where a media type identifier appears in the volume serial number that is returned to the host.
The table on the next page shows an example of how the return media identifier behavior works
depending on which setting you choose: Disabled, Prefix, Suffix, and Pass Through. The bold,
underlined portion represents the media identifier.
Table 2 Return media identifier behavior example
Actual LT0-1 barcode label
Behavior
Disabled
Prefix
Suffix
Pass Through
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ABC123L1
Volume serial number
returned to Host
ABC123
L1ABC123
ABC123L1
ABC123L1
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