User`s guide

Chapter 4 Configuring Your Library
Working With Partitions
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•From the Return Media Identifier drop-down list, click either
Suffix, Pass Through, Prefix, or Disabled. Depending on which
setting you choose, you can control the use of the media type
identifier in the volume serial number that is returned to the host.
For more information about how media policies work, see
Understanding Partition Media Policy Settings on page 114
•For Automatic Drive Cleaning, click either Enable or Disable.
This setting is enabled by default.
Enabling automatic drive cleaning allows the library to initiate
drive cleaning each time a drive requests a cleaning operation.
For automatic drive cleaning to function, you must first configure
drive cleaning for the library. For more information about
configuring drive cleaning, refer
Configuring Drive Cleaning on
page 214.
9 To continue, click Next.
The Partitions - Step 4: Select Drives dialog box appears.
10 In the left column, select the location of one or more drives.
Make sure that you select the appropriate module because the library
can have drives in the control module and any of the eleven
expansion modules.
11 To assign a drive to the partition, select the appropriate check box.
You can identify a drive by its serial number and location
coordinates. For more information, see
Understanding Location
Coordinates on page 288.
CAUTION
After a media volume serial number has been
reported to a host, changing the Return Media
Identifier setting could cause the host to not
recognize media within the library.
Note
Automatic drive cleaning should be enabled for
partitions only if the host application does not
support the coordination of drive cleaning. If drive
cleaning functionality is enabled on the host
application, do not enable automatic drive cleaning
for any partitions in the library.