Spectra T50e - Deleting a Partition

Chapter 6—Configuring and Managing Partitions Deleting a Partition
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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DELETING A PARTITION
Overview Whenyoudeleteapartition,thedrivesandslotspreviously
assignedtothatpartitioncanbereassignedtoanexistingpartitionorused
tocreateanewpartition.
Preparation Beforedeletinganexistingpartition,makesureyouaddress
thefollowing:
 SpectraLogicstronglyrecommendsbackingupthelibrary
configuration,eithertoaUSBdeviceorasanattachmenttoanemail
senttoapreviouslyconfiguredmailrecipient,beforeyoudeletea
partition.
 Makesurethatnoneofthedrivesinthepartitioncontainsacartridge.If
necessary,unloadthecartridgesfromthedrivesusingyourstorage
managementsoftware.
 Ifyouplantodeleteastoragepartition,useyourstoragemanagement
softw are toejectallofthecartridgesfromthestoragepartitiontoensure
thatyoudonotinadvertentlymixcartridgesfromonestoragepartition
withthosefromanother.After thecartridgesareejected,exportthem
fromthelibrary asdescribedinExportingorExchangingCartridgeson
page207.
 Ifyouplantodeleteastoragepartitionanditisconfiguredtouse
GlobalSpares,editthepartitionanddeselectallofthedrivesthatare
designatedasGlobalSparesforthepartition(seeAssignaGlobalSpare
Driveonpage174).
 Ifyouplantodeleteastoragepartitionanditisconfiguredtouse
BlueScaleencryption,makesurethatyouexporttheBlueScale
encryptionkeyforanycartridgesthatwereinthepartition(see
ExportingandProtectingEncryptionKeysonpage307).The
encryptionkeyisrequiredifyouimportthecartridgesintoanother
partitioninordertoaccessthedataonthecartridges atalate r date.
 Ifyouplantodeleteacleaningpartition,editanystoragepartitionsthat
usethecleaningpartitiontodisassociatethecleaningpartitionfromthe
storagepartition(see
AllocateSlotsandDrivesonpage175).
Important
After the partition is deleted, any cartridges in the slots that were assigned to the
partition are not accessible until the slots are assigned to another partition.