Spectra T50e - Deleting a Partition

Chapter 6—Configuring and Managing Partitions Modifying an Existing Partition
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 Whenreducingthenumberofslotsassignedtoapartition,physically
exportanycartridgesinthoseslots,asdescribedinExportingor
ExchangingCartridgesonpage207,beforeyouremoveslotsfromthe
partition.
Auto Configuration Save Whenyoumakeachangetoapartition,the
librarygeneratesanauto‐configurationfileandsavesittothememory
cardintheLCM.IfyouconfiguredtheemailoptionfortheAuto
ConfigurationSavefile,anemailcontainingtheupdatedlibrary
configuration,aswellastheMLMandDLMdatabasesandanyBlueScale
encryptionkeysstoredonthelibrary,aresenttothespecifiedrecipient(see
EmailAutoConfigurationSaveonpage109).
Note: Donotusethedefaultautosupport@spectralogic.comemail
recipient.SpectraLogicdoesnotsaveemailedconfigurationfiles
unlesstheyarespecificallyrequestedfortroubleshooting.
Usethefollowingstepstomodifyanexistingpartition.
1. Discontinueanybackupstothepartitionyouwanttomodify.
2. Logintothelibraryasauserwithsuperuseroradministrator
privileges.
3. SelectMaintenance > MLMtodisplaytheMediaLifecycle
ManagementToolsscreen.IfMediaAutoDiscovery,PreScan,or
PostScanisrunning(asindicatedbythepresenceofaStop Discoveryor
Pause PostScanbutton,respectively),dothefollowing:
 ClickStop DiscoverytotemporarilystopMediaAutoDiscoveryor
PreScan(seeFigure154onpage245).
 ClickPause PostScantopausethePostScanforonehour(see
Figure159onpage254).
4. Ifyouconfiguredthepartitiontouseencryptionorifyouwantto
enableencryptioninapartitionthatdidnotpreviouslyuseit,loginto
theencryptionfeature(see
ConfiguringBlueScaleKeyManagementon
page303).
Important
By default, the library deletes empty slots from a partition first. If all of the slots are
full, the library is forced to delete populated slots. When this happens, the deleted
slots are no longer accessible through the BlueScale interface or the storage
management software. You must add the slots to a new or an existing partition to
access them.