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3. SelectAutomatically create a partitionfromtheinitialSharedLibrary
Servicesscreen(seeFigure119onpage192)andclickNew.
Notes: Thisoptionisonlyavailableifallofthedrivesinthelibrary
areofthesametypeandtherearecurrentlynopartitions,
includingcleaningpartitions,alreadycreated.
IfyouwanttouseAutoDriveCleanwiththepartitionand
thelibrarydoesnotcontainanychambersthatarenot
licensedbytheCoDactivationkey,youneedtomodifythe
partitionafteritiscreatedtoremovesomeofthechambers
assignedtoitsothatyoucan
createacleaningpartition.
IfyouwanttousetheGlobalSpareoptionwiththepartition,
youneedtomodifythepartitionafteritiscreatedto
unassignoneormoreofthedrivesthatwereautomatically
assignedtothepartitionandthenreassignthosedrivesas
GlobalSpares.
Ifyouwanttouseencryptionwiththepartition,youneedto
modifythepartitionafteritiscreatedtoenableencryption
(seetheSpectraTapeLibrariesEncryptionUserGuide).
IfyouplantousethebulkTAPforimportingandexporting
magazines,youmaywanttomodifythepartitionafteritis
createdtoreassignsomeofthechambersassignedtothe
storagepooltoprovideadditionalchambersintheentry/exit
pool.
Manually Create a Partition Usethefollowingstepstousethepartition
wizardtomanuallycreateastoragepartition.
1. Loginasauserwithsuperuseroradministratorprivileges.Ifyouwant
toconfigureencryptioninthepartition,loginasanencryptionuser
(seetheSpectraTapeLibrariesEncryptionUserGuideformoredetails).