To Delete A Cartridge; To Write Protect A Cartridge; To Edit Maximum Size; To Create A Cartridge - HP StorageWorks D2D100 - Backup System User Manual

To delete a cartridge

If the Used Size of a cartridge is Blank, you will be able to remove it. Click on the Delete icon in the
right-hand column. If the Used Size is not Blank, you can still remove it but only space that is occupied by
unique data will be freed up.

To write protect a cartridge

Click Edit for the appropriate cartridge. Check the Write Protected check box for the cartridge. Your
backup application will not be able to write any more data to it.

To edit maximum size

The only times you can resize cartridges are when you first create a library or when you add slots and
they are blank. Once the cartridges are made available to the backup application, it formats them ready
for use and they are no longer blank, even if you have not yet written data to them. Similarly, the erase
function on most backup applications does not return the cartridge to a completely blank state.
The Max Size defaults to the appropriate capacity for the drive emulation type selected on the Devices
tab, but if the Used Size is Blank, you can edit this value. The maximum value allowed is 800 GB.
Click Edit for the appropriate slot. Select a value from the drop-down menu and click Update.
NOTE:
The maximum size indicates the physical disk space available for that slot; it will only be committed
when data is written to it. Changing the maximum space does not affect actual disk usage or save
disk space, but may be useful if you know you will be moving data to a physical tape with a smaller
cartridge capacity.

To create a cartridge

Slots that are empty have an extra icon, called Create.
• If you use the Create icon on an empty slot, the backup application needs to inventory it (add it to
its database or catalog) before it can access it.
• If you use the Create icon on an empty mail slot, you can use the backup application to move
the blank, new cartridge to an empty cartridge slot, without having to run an inventory. This
saves some processing time.
You may need to restart your services to see the new cartridges.
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