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3. Toseevirtualdeviceassignments,expandtheclientnode(Dbelow)andFibre

Channelprotocolnode(

C)ofthetreeview.

4. Right‐clickingontheclientnode(

D above)orFibre Channelp roto col (C)node

opensamenuofadministrativeactions(

F).

Usingthecontextmenu,youcanAssignvirtualdevices toclients,Unassign

virtualdevicesfromclients,Delete the clientorprotocol,Detachdevices,and

vieworrefreshclientproperties.

Stophere.

Managingvirtuallibraries

Thissectioncoverstheessentialconfigurationtasksthatareperformedwhenever

virtuallibraries,devices,andmediaareaddedtotheVTLsystem.Duringinitial

configurat ion, the tasksinthissectionarerunsequentiallybytheVTLconfiguration

wizard.Duringroutinesystemmaintenance,youmayalsorunthemindepend ently,

asdescribedbelow:

■ “Configuringandprovisioningvirtuallibraries”onpage 39 (includes“Creating

virtualtapelibraries”onpage 41and“Creatingvirtual tapes”onpage 56)

■ “Connectingvirtual librarieswithstorageclients”onpage 64.