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● Virtual Tape Drive Model - Select the tape drive model emulated by the virtual
drives in the partition. All virtual tape drives in a partition must be the same model.
The following tape drive models are available:
● IBM LTO-1, LTO-2, LTO-3, LTO-4, or LTO-5
● HP LTO-1, LTO-2, LTO-3, LTO-4, or LTO-5
● Number of Virtual Tape Drives - Enter the number of virtual tape drives in the
partition.
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If all tape drives are currently assigned to other partitions, you must remove
one or more tape drives from an existing partition to make them available
for use in a new partition.
● Enable deduplication - Select the check box to enable data deduplication. Fujitsu
Technology Solutions recommends that you enable data deduplication to optimize
disk usage.
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Data deduplication is enabled by default. You cannot enable or disable data
deduplication after the partition is added. If data duplication is disabled, then
data compression is also disabled.
3. (Optional) Under Replication Settings, specify replication settings.
For more information about configuring replication for a partition, or to set up replication
for the partition at a later time, see "Replication" on page 341.
4. Click Apply.
After you add a partition, you must add media and map drives to a host before the partition
can be used for backups (see "Media Add" on page 213 and "Remote Host Mapping" on
page 223).
Editing a VTL Partition
Edit a VTL partition to modify the settings for the partition, for example, to change the
emulated library model or the number of storage slots and virtual tape drives.
To edit a VTL partition:
1. Select the partition and click Edit.
The Edit VTL Partition & Replication Settings page displays (see Figure 134).