User's Manual

Chapter 4: Configuring the Library
Working With Partitions
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that partition (see Viewing the Library Configuration Report on
page 141).
After a partition is deleted, its resources (for example, tape drives and
sl
ots) become available and can be reassigned to new or existing
partitions.
Deleting a partition does not delete users assigned to that partition.
However
, if these users are not assigned to other partitions, they will not
be able to perform any library operations. For information on how to
assign a user to another partition, see
Changing Access to Partitions on
page 59.
Note: You may need to modify settings in your host application as a
result of deleting a partition. See your host application
documentation.
You can delete partitions on both the operator panel and the Web
client.
Operator Panel
1 Select Setup > Configure Partitions > Delete Partition.
2 Use the Up and Down buttons t
o select a partition from the list.
3 Press De
lete.
4 Save
the library configuration (see Saving the Library Configuration
on page 101).
Web Client
1 Select Setup > Partitions.
2 Sele
ct a partition and click Delete.
3 Save
the library configuration (see Saving the Library Configuration
on page 101).
Viewing the Current
Partitions
You can view basic details about all of your partitions, including online/
offline status, control path tape drive, number of tape drives in the
partition, number of storage slots, and number of I/E station slots
available to the partition.