Chapter 6 — Configuring and Managing Partitions Creating a Storage Partition
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ThefollowingtabledescribesthePreScanandPostScanoptions.
Option When selected... Default
Enable PreScan EnablesthePreScanfeature.Whenenabled,PreScanreplacesthe
morebasicMediaAutoDiscoveryprocess.SeeUsingPreScanon
page298forinformationaboutthisoption.
Disabled
(cleared)
FullScan EnablestheFullScanfeature.Whenenabledbyselectingoneor
morePostScantriggers,FullScanusesaGlobalSparedrive
assignedtothepartitiontoverifyallofthedataoneachcartridge.
SeeUsingPostScanonpage299forinformationaboutthisoption.
Note: FullScanisonlyavailableifaGlobalSparedriveis
configuredforthepartition.
Disabled
(no
PostScan
triggers
selected)
QuickScan EnablestheQuickScanfeature.Whenenabledbyselectingoneor
morePostScantriggers,QuickScanusesoneofthedrivesinthe
partitiontoverifythedataonasinglewrap,fromthebeginning
ofthetape(BOT)totheendofthewraportheendofrecorded
data(EOD),whichever
comesfirst.SeeUsingPostScanon
page299forinformationaboutthisoption.
Note: QuickScanisonlyavailableifthepartitionusesLTO‐5 or
latergenerationdrives.
Disabled
(no
PostScan
triggers
selected)
QuickScan using
Global Spares
EnablestheQuickScanusingGlobalSparesfeature.When
enabledbyselectingoneormorePostScantriggers,QuickScan
usesaGlobalSparedriveassignedtothepartitiontoverifythe
dataonasinglewrap,fromthebeginningofthetape(BOT)tothe
endofthewraportheendof
recordeddata(EOD),whichever
comesfirst.SeeUsingPostScanonpage299forinformationabout
thisoption.
Notes:
QuickScanusingGlobalSparesisonlyavailableifaGlobal
Sparedriveisconfiguredforthepartition.
QuickScanusingGlobalSparesisonlyavailableifthepartition
usesLTO‐5orlatergenerationdrives.
Disabled
(no
PostScan
triggers
selected)
PostScan Triggers EnablesPostScanandconfiguresoneormoretriggers.
Verify After Time—Addthecartridgesinthepartitiontothe
automaticPostScanqueueafterthespecifiednumberofdays
passsincethelastscan.EnterthenumberofdaysintheDays
field.
Verify After Write—AddacartridgetotheautomaticPostScan
queueeachtimedataiswrittentoit.
Verify After Read—AddacartridgetotheautomaticPostScan
queueeachtimedataisreadfromit.
Note: Selectinganyofthesetriggersautomaticallyenablesthe
selectedPostScanoption.
Disabled
(cleared)