Spectra T950 - Preparing to Configure Partitions

Chapter 6 — Configuring and Managing Partitions Preparing to Configure Partitions
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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 Thecleaningcartridgesinthecleaningpartitionareinaccessibletothe
storagemanagementsoftwarerunningonthehost.Ifyourstorage
managementsoftwaresupportsautomateddrivecleaningandyouplan
tousethismethodtocleanthedrivesinsteadofthelibrary’sAutoDrive
Cleanfeature,storeaTeraPackmagazine(notaMaintenanceTeraPack
magazine)containingoneormorecleaningcartridgesinthestorage
partition’sstoragepool.Thestoragemanagementsoftwarecanthen
accessthecleaningcartridgeswhenneeded.
 Thecleaningcartridgesusedinacleaningpartitionmustbestoredin
speciallylabeledMaintenanceTeraPackmagazines.
 Ifyoudonotconfigureacleaningpartitionandassociateitwiththe
storagepartitions,youmustuseyourstoragemanagementsoftwareto
performthecleaningorusetheBlueScaleuserinterfacetomanually
moveacleaningcartridgetothedrivethatneedscleaning(see
ManuallyCleaningaDriveonpage465).
 IfyouconfiguredaGlobalSparedriveforapartition,itiscleanedusing
acleaningcartridgestoredinthecleaningpartition.Ifacleaning
partitionisnotassociatedwiththestoragepartition,theGlobalSpare
drivemustbecleanedmanually(seeManuallyCleaningaDriveon
page465).
PREPARING TO CONFIGURE PARTITIONS
Beforeyoubeginconfiguringpartitions,gathertheinformationlistedin
thefollowingtable.
Note: Eachchamberholdsasinglemagazine.
Important
If you store cleaning cartridges in the storage partition, make sure that they are
identified as required by your storage management software to prevent the storage
management software from attempting to use the cartridges for writing or reading data.
Component Description
Media type Determinethetypeofmedia(forexample,LTOorLTOClean)tobeusedinthe
partition.Youcanonlyselectfrommediatypesthatarecompatiblewiththe
drivesalreadyinstalledinthelibrary.Iftherearemultipledrivetechnologies
installedinthelibrary,themediatypeyouselectdetermines
thetypeofdrive
thatcanbeusedinthepartition.Selectinga“Clean”mediatypestartsthe
processofcreatingacleaningpartitionforusewiththespecifiedmediatype.
Note: Onlyonemediatypecanbeusedineachpartition.Eachmediatypehas
itsownuniqueTeraPackmagazineandTeraPackbarcode.
Cleaning partition:
number of
chambers
IfyouplantousetheAutoDriveCleanfeature,determinethenumberof
chamberstobeusedforthecleaningpartition.Acleaningpartitioncanbe
sharedbymultiplestoragepartitionsaslongasthecleaningcartridgesare
compatiblewiththedrivesinthestoragepartitions.SeeConfiguringandUsing
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CleaningPartitionsandAutoDriveCleanonpage184forinformationabout
usingcleaningpartitions.