Contents
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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CREATING A STORAGE PARTITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
PreparetheLibrary ........................................ 169
DecideHowtoCreatethePartition .......................... 170
DefinethePartitionNameandMediaType................... 172
SelecttheExporterforthePartition .......................... 173
AssignaGlobalSpareDrive ................................ 174
AllocateSlotsandDrives ................................... 175
EnableandConfigureMLMPreScanandPostScan............ 177
ConfigureEncryption...................................... 180
SpecifythePartitionUsers.................................. 181
AssignDriveIDs .......................................... 182
ConfirmandSavethePartitionSettings ...................... 183
MODIFYING AN EXISTING PARTITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
DELETING A PARTITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Chapter 7 – Using Cartridges in the Library 192
UNDERSTANDING CARTRIDGE IMPORT AND EXPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
OperationVariables....................................... 193
RequirementsandRestrictions .............................. 194
PREPARING CARTRIDGES FOR USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
CartridgeGuidelinesandRequirements...................... 195
PreparetheCartridgesforUse.............................. 197
IMPORTING CARTRIDGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
ImportOverview.......................................... 198
ImportMultipleCartridgesUsingBulkLoad................. 199
ImportIndividualCartridges............................... 205
EXPORTING OR EXCHANGING CARTRIDGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
PreparetoExportorExchangeCartridges.................... 208
ExportorExchangeCartridgesUsingProcessQueuedEjects.... 208
ExportorExchangeCartridgesIndividually.................. 210
ExportCartridgesUsingBulkUnload........................ 212
UNDERSTANDING THE CARTRIDGE INVENTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
USING THE CARTRIDGE INVENTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
ViewtheCartridgeInventoryforaPartition.................. 217
LocateaSpecificCartridge................................. 218
MoveCartridgesWithinaPartition.......................... 219
UPDATING THE SOFTWARE MEDIA INVENTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225