Spectra T950 - Deleting a Partition

Chapter 6 — Configuring and Managing Partitions Deleting a Partition
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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6. TheNameandMediaTypescreenisthebeginningofaseriesof
configurationscreens.Dependingonthetypeofpartitionyouare
modifying,chooseoneofthefollowing.
 Tomodifyacleaningpartition,seeCreatingaCleaningPartitionon
page187,
—OR—
 Tomodifyastoragepartition,seeCreatingaStoragePartitionon
page190.
DELETING A PARTITION
Overview Whenyoudeleteapartition,thedrivesandchambers
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,reviewtheinformation
atthebeginningofthischapter tobesurethatyouaddressany
requirements(seePartitionTypesandRequirementsonpage182).In
addition,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.
 Toensurethatyoudonotinadvertentlymixcartridgesfromone
storagepartitionwiththatfromanother,useyourstoragemanagement
softwaretoejectallofthecartridgesfromthestoragepartition’sstorage
pool.Thelibrarymovesthemediatothepartition’sentry/exitpool.
ExportthemediafromthelibraryasdescribedinExportingor
ExchangingMagazinesandCartridgesonpage237.
 IfthestoragepartitionisconfiguredtouseGlobalSpares,editthe
partitionanddeselectallofthedrivesthataredesignatedasGlobal
Sparesforthepartition.
 IfthestoragepartitionisconfiguredtouseBlueScaleencryption,make
surethatyouexporttheBlueScaleencryptionkeyforanycartridges
thatwereinthepartition(seetheSpectraTapeLibrariesEncryptionUser
Guide).Theencryptionkeyisrequiredinordertoaccessthedataonthe
cartridgesatalaterdate.
 Ifyouplantodeleteacleaningpartition,editanystoragepartitionsthat
usethecleaningpartitiontounassociatethecleaningpartitionfromthe
storagepartition.
Important
After the partition is deleted, any magazines in the chambers that were assigned to
the partition’s storage and entry/exit pools are not accessible until the chambers
are assigned to another partition.