Spectra T50e - Assign a Global Spare Drive

Chapter 6—Configuring and Managing Partitions Creating a Storage Partition
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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5. SelectManually create a partition,ifnecessary,andclickNew.TheName
andMediaTypescreendisplays.
Note: IftheNewbuttonisNOTdisplayed,thenallslotsinthelibrary
areallocated,theexistingpartitionisconfiguredforStandard
Entry/Exitmode,orthemaximumnumberofpartitionsalready
exist.Youneedtoeditanexistingpartitiontofreeupslotsor
changetheEntry/Exitmodebeforeyoucancreateastorage
partition.
Define the Partition Name and Media Type
Afterchoosingthemethodforcreatingthepartition,clickNewtodisplay
OntheNameandMediaTypescreen,enteranameforthestorage
partitionandselectthemediatype,andthenclickNext.
Figure 110 Enter a name for the partition and select the
media type.
For this field... Do the following...
Name
Enteraunique,descriptivenametoidentifythepartition.Namescanbeany
lengthandcaninclude@‐_/.andthespacecharacter.Partitionnamesover32
characterscauseascrollbartodisplayonsomescreensandarenot
recommended.Thedefaultnameforastoragepartitionis“Partition
n”,where
nisanumber.
Note: InmanyoftheBlueScalescreens,thepartitionsarelistedalphabetically.
Keepthisinmindwhennamingyourpartitions.
Media Type
Select LTO tocreateastoragepartitionthatusesLTOdrivesandmedia.