Spectra T50e - Emoving a; Rive from the; Library

Chapter 15—Maintaining the Drives Removing a Drive from the Library
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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10. Afteryoureplacethedrive,dothefollowingtoresumeoperation:
 IfyouusedtheGlobalSpareoptiontotemporarilyreplacethe
malfunctioningdrive,youcannowreclaimtheGlobalSparedrive
sothatitisagainavailableforuse(seeUndotheGlobalSpareDrive
onpage405).Thelibraryautomaticallyswitchesallincoming
communicationstothenewdrive.
 IfyoudidnotusetheGlobalSpareoption,useyourstorage
managementsoftwaretorestartanybackupprocessesthatwere
runningtothereplaceddrive.Thisrestartensuresthatthesoftware
recognizesthedriveasworkingandavailable.
11. PackagethemalfunctioningdriveandshipittoSpectraLogic(see
Returnsonpage471).
12. Testthedrivetoconfirmthatthehostcancommunicatewithit(seeTest
theNewDriveonpage458).
REMOVING A DRIVE FROM THE LIBRARY
Usethefollowingtopermanentlyremovedrivefromthelibrary.
1. Preparethelibraryandthehostsfortheremoval(seePreparethe
LibraryandtheHostComputeronpage456).
2. Ifthedriveyouareremovingcontainsacartridge,useyourstorage
managementsoftwaretomovethecartridgebacktoitsstoragelocation.
Ifyoucannotuseyourstoragemanagementsoftware,thenmovethe
cartridgetoaslotasdescribedin
MoveCartridgesWithinaPartitionon
page219.
Note: Continuewiththereplacementprocessevenifyouareunableto
movethecartridgefromthedrive.
Important
If you select Remove and the selected drive is the only drive in the partition, the
partition is deleted.