Chapter 6 — Configuring and Managing Partitions Partition Configuration Overview
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Configuration Requirements for a Cleaning Partition and Auto Drive Clean
Cleaning partitions do not count against the partition maximum.
A cleaning partition can be shared by multiple storage partitions as
long as the cleaning cartridges are compatible with the drive types in
each storage partition.
Cleaning partitions use chambers that are not licensed with a Capacity
On Demand (CoD) key. If all of the chambers are licensed, a cleaning
partition uses any chambers that are not already assigned to another
partition.
Configuring a cleaning partition and assigning it to one or more storage
partitions automatically enables the Auto Drive Clean feature for those
storage partitions (see Creating a Cleaning Partition on page 185 and
Allocate Chambers and Drives on page 195).
The drives in the storage partitions with an associated cleaning
partition are cleaned automatically when a drive indicates that it needs
cleaning. In addition, you can use the BlueScale user interface to initiate
a manual cleaning. See Manually Cleaning a Drive on page 470.
The option to perform a manual cleaning operation using a cleaning
cartridge in a cleaning partition is only available for drives that are in
storage partitions associated with a cleaning partition.
The cleaning cartridges in the cleaning partition are inaccessible to the
storage management software. If your storage management software
supports automated drive cleaning and you plan to use this method to
clean the drives, store a TeraPack magazine (not a Maintenance TeraPack
magazine) containing one or more cleaning cartridges in the storage
partition. The storage management software can then access the cleaning
cartridges when needed.
The cleaning cartridges used in a cleaning partition must be stored in
specially labeled Maintenance TeraPack magazines.
If you do not configure a cleaning partition and associate it with the
storage partitions, you must use your storage management software to
perform the cleaning or use the BlueScale user interface to manually
move a cleaning cartridge to the drive that needs cleaning (see
Manually Cleaning a Drive on page 470).
If you configure a Global Spare drive for a partition, it is cleaned using a
cleaning cartridge stored in the cleaning partition. If a cleaning partition
is not associated with the storage partition, the Global Spare drive must
be cleaned manually (see Manually Cleaning a Drive on page 470).
If you store cleaning cartridges in the storage partition, make sure that they are
identified as required by your storage management software to prevent the
storage management software from attempting to use the cartridges for writing or
reading data.
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