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Chapter 9 — Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle Management BlueScale Media Lifecycle Management
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Usage Requirements AlthoughaGlobalSparedrivecanbesharedby
multiplepartitions,assigningaseparateGlobalSparedrivetoeach
partitionisrecommended.IfyouselecttoperformaFullScanora
QuickScanusingaGlobalSparedrive,eachpartitioncanthenperform
PostScanoperationswhenevertheprerequisitesaremet,withoutwaiting
forPostScaninanotherpartitiontocomplete.
Refertothefollowingsectionsforadditionalinformationaboutusingthe
PreScanandPostScanfeatures:
PreScan and PostScan System Messages BothPreScanandPostScan
generatesystemmessagesaspossibleerrorconditionsaredetected(for
example,abrokenleaderoramediaerror).Themessagesindicatethatthe
errorconditionwasdetectedbythePreScanorPostScanprocessandnot
duringnormaloperation.
Interaction with Move Requests Ifahostrequestsamovewhilea
cartridgeisbeingscannedusingoneofthepartitiondrives(PreScanor
QuickScan),themoveisdelayeduntilthescancompletesandthecartridge
isreturnedtoitsslot.
Background Operations Toprotectyouagainstmakingchangesthat
couldnegativelyimpactthelibrary’soperation,theBlueScalesoftware
automaticallypreventsyoufromperformingcertainoperationswhilethe
libraryisperformingbackgroundoperations,includingMediaAuto
Discovery,PreScan,orPostScan.
 Youcannotimportorexportcartridgeswhilethelibraryisrunninga
MediaAutoDiscoveryorPreScanoperation,norcanyouusethe
BlueScaleuserinterfacetomovecartridgesfromonelocationto
anotherinthelibrary.
Ifyoucannotwaitfortheoperationtocomplete,youcanstopMedia
AutoDiscoveryorPreScanandthenmanuallystartitatanothertime
(seeStoptheDiscoveryProcessonpage298).
This section... Provides...
AssignGlobalSpareDrives
onpage195
InformationaboutconfiguringaGlobalSparedrive.AGlobalSpare
drivemustbeconfiguredforthepartitionbeforetheFullScanoption
canbeused.
UsingPreScanonpage298 UsagerequirementsforPreScan.
UsingPostScanonpage299 DetailedinformationabouthowtheQuickScanandFullScan
options
inthePostScanfeatureoperate.Thissectionalsoprovides
instructionsformanuallyaddingatapetothePostScanqueueand
pausingthecurrentlyrunningPostScanprocess.