User's Guide

Chapter 3 Configuring Your Library
Working With Partitions
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The maximum number of partitions that can be created is equal to the
number of drives in the library. Table 3
shows the possible number of
partitions that can be created for each of the available library
configurations.
Table 3 Number of Partitions
Supported
Details on partitions include:
• Administrators can create, modify, delete, and control access to all
partitions. Users can be given access to only certain partitions and
denied access to others.
Partition names are limited to 12 lower-case alphanumeric characters and
underscores (_).
• The maximum number of partitions that can be created is equal to the
number of tape drives in the library.
• At minimum, a partition consists of one tape drive and one slot. The
tape drive or slot cannot be shared with another partition.
• I/E station slots are shared between all partitions. Partitions take
temporary ownership of I/E station slots when importing or
exporting tape cartridges.
Available
Configurations
Tape Drives
Minimum, Maximum
Partitions
Minimum, Maximum
5U 1, 2 1, 2
14U 1, 61, 6
23U 1, 10 1, 10
32U 1, 14 1, 14
41U 1, 18 1, 18
Caution: Before permanently removing an expansion module from
your library, you need to perform a set of configuration
operations that includes deleting all partitions. See
Deleting
Partitions on page 74 and Removing the
Expansion Module on page 365.