Spectra T50e - Creating a Storage Partition; Prepare the Library

Chapter 6—Configuring and Managing Partitions Creating a Storage Partition
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10. ClickSave.Thelibraryrequiresseveralminutestostorethe
configurationinformation,afterwhichthePartitionsscreenredisplays
withthepartitionyoujustcreatedaddedtothelistofpartitions.
Notes:  Whenyousavethepartition,thelibraryautomatically
generatesaconfigurationbackupfileandsavesittothe
memorycardintheLCM.Thisbackupfilecontainsthe
libraryconfiguration,theMLMandDLMdatabases,andany
BlueScaleencryptionkeysthatarecurrentlystoredinthe
library.
 Ifyouconfiguredtheemailoptionfortheautomatically
generatedbackupfile,thelibrarysendsanemailwiththe
backupfileattachedtothespecifiedrecipient(seeEmail
AutoConfigurationSaveonpage109).
CREATING A STORAGE PARTITION
ThefollowingsectionsdescribeusingtheBlueScalePartitionwizardto
createanewstoragepartition.
Prepare the Library
Beforeyoubegincreatingastoragepartition,makesurethatyoucomplete
thefollowing:
 Installthedrivestobeassignedtothestoragepartition,includingany
drivethatyouplantouseasaGlobalSpare(seeInstallingtheTape
Drivesonpage52).
 EntertheCoDactivationkeyforanyadditionalslotcapacityyouplan
touse(see
EnterActivationKeysonpage113).
 Ifyouwanttoconfigurethepartitiontouseencryption,logintothe
encryptionfeature(seeLogIntotheEncryptionFeatureonpage284).
Figure 106 The Partition screen showing the new cleaning
partition.
Important
Components not configured in a partition may not display in the BlueScale
interface for a few minutes after library initialization.