Q40 Tape Library Installation and Operations Manual
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• Basic Partition Wizard – Use this wizard if you want to simply specify the total number of desired
par
titions and allow the wizard to assign drives and storage slots as evenly as possible to the
requested partitions. Any extra drives or slots are assigned to the first partition.
• Use the Basic Partition Wizard to configure partitions that will have similar resources OR to
c
onfigure the barcode label behvior for a library with a single partition.
• Expert Partition Wizard – You add or remove partitions from the current partitions configuration and
then edit each partition configuration to add or remove library resources.
• Use the Expert Partition Wizard to configure partitions that will have different resources or t
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ust resource assignments for existing partitions or those created with the Basic Partitio
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izard.
The library will go off line while partitions are being configured. Ensure
that all host operations are idle before running a partition wizard.
6.5.1 Using the Basic Partition Wizard
1. Click Configuration > Basic Wizard to start the wizard.
2. The Information screen displays the existing partitions, which will be deleted by the wizard.
3. Click Proceed and then click Next.
4. The Create Partition Scheme screen displays the number of slots, mailslots, tape drives, a
nd
ma
ximum available partitions for the library.
If you want to enable or disable the mailslots, Cancel out of the wizard and
update the mailslot configuration before configuring partitioning.
1. S
elect the number of partitions.
2. Select the number of barcode characters reported to the host application. This option provides
interchange compatibility with libraries with more limited barcode reading capabilities. The maximum
length is 15 and the default is 8. This configuration will apply to all partitions.
The industry standard length for LTO barcode labels is eight characters.
Barcode labels longer than eight characters might scan incorrectly. Cleaning
tapes must have a prefix of ‘CLN’.
3. Select whether to report the barcode characters from the left or right end of the barcode label to the
host application when reporting fewer than the maximum number of characters. For example, whe
n
r
eporting only six characters of the barcode label 12345678, if alignment is left, the device will report
123456. If alignment is right, the device will report 345678. The default is left. Click Next.
4. The Finish Configuration screen displays the proposed allocation of library resources into partitions.
• To update the configuration, click Back.
• To have the wizard configure the partitions as shown, click Finish.
• After the wizard reconfigures the partition, the library will come on line automatically.
• To exit the wizard, click Cancel or Exit.
You can use the Expert Partition Wizard to adjust the allocation of resources
after creating the partitions with the Basic Partition Wizard.
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