Chapter 6 — Configuring and Managing Partitions Preparing to Configure Partitions
December 2019 User Guide—Spectra T200, T380, and T680 Libraries
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PREPARING TO CONFIGURE PARTITIONS
Before you begin configuring partitions, gather the information listed in
the following table.
Note: Each chamber holds a single magazine.
Component Description
Media type Determine the type of media to be used in the partition. You can only select
from media types that are compatible with the drives already installed in the
library. If there are multiple drive technologies installed in the library, the
media type you select determines the type of drive that can be used in the
partition. Selecting a “Clean” media type starts the process of creating a
cleaning partition for use with the specified media type.
Note: Only one media type can be used in each partition. Each media type has
its own unique TeraPack magazine and TeraPack barcode.
Cleaning partition:
number of
chambers
If you plan to use the Auto Drive Clean feature, determine the number of
chambers to be used for the cleaning partition. A cleaning partition can be shared
by multiple storage partitions as long as the cleaning cartridges are compatible
with the drives in the storage partitions. See Configuring and Using Cleaning
Partitions and Auto Drive Clean on page 179 for information about using
cleaning partitions.
Entry/Exit pool:
number of
chambers
Determine the number of chambers to be used for the partition’s entry/exit
pool. See Entry/Exit pool on page 50 for information about how the entry/exit
pool is used.
Storage pool:
number of
chambers
Determine the number of chambers to be used for the partition’s storage pool.
See Storage pool on page 51 for information about how the storage pool is used.
Drives assigned
to the storage
partition
Determine which drives to assign to the partition. Only drives that are already
installed in the library and are compatible with the media type you select are
available. Each storage partition must have at least one drive assigned to it.
Global Spares Determine which drives to designate as Global Spares if you plan to use this
feature. See Assign Global Spare Drives on page 193 for detailed information
about the requirements for using Global Spares.
Important: If you plan to use one of the PostScan features that uses a Global
Spare, one or more Global Spare drives must be configured for the partition.
PreScan and
PostScan
Decide whether or not you want the library to scan the cartridges in the
partition for media errors. See Using PreScan on page 288 and Using PostScan
on page 289 for detailed information about the PreScan and PostScan features.
Encryption mode Decide whether or not to encrypt data in the partition and what type of
encryption and encryption key management to use. The Encryption screen
does not display unless you are logged into the library as an encryption user
and have either created one or more BlueScale encryption keys or configured a
Spectra SKLM server. See the Spectra Tape Libraries Encryption User Guide for
details.
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