- Sun Storage Virtual Tape Library VTL User Guide
Managing virtual libraries
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▼ Generatingthe virtual library
Usingthisproced ure,youdefinethe remainingcharacteristicsofyourvir tual library
andme dia.Yousupplyabarcoderange,sl otcount,an d import/exportslotcountfor
thelibraryanddefinethecapaci tyoftheme dia.
Settingthebarcoderangede finesthesetof barcodesthatthevirtuallibrarywill
support.Each
batchofcartridgesthatyousubsequentlycreatemustbeasubsetof
therangeyoudefinenow—youcannotchangeitlater.SoSunrecommendssetting
thisvaluetothewidest rangepossible,000000-ZZZZZZ.Thevirtuallibrarycan
thensupportanybarcodingschemethatyouwilleverneed.
Bydefault,the
slotcountforavir tuallibraryisthemaximum definedfortheSun
L700physicallibrarythatthe Sun VTL virtuallibraryemulates,678.Sun
recommendsadjustingthisvaluetothemaximump o ss ib le —4 0 96 —so thatyouare
notneedlessly constrainedbyitlater.Oncealibraryisdefined,youcanno t change
thenumber
ofslotsthatitcontains.
Proceedasfollows.
1. WhentheEnter Virtual Library Informationdialogappears,entera
Barcode Startsvalueinthetextfi eldprovided(
A below).
Thestartingvalueshown,000000,allowsyouthegreatestrangepossi b le .But
whateveryouchoose,enterexactlysix(6)barcodecharacterswhenemulat ingSun
StorageTeklibraries—neithermorenorless.
2. Enter aBarcode Endsvalueinthetextfieldprovided(
B above).
Theendingvalueshown,ZZZZZZ,allowsyouthegreatestrangepossible.But
whateveryouchoose,enterexactlysix(6)barcodecharacterswhenemulat ingSun
StorageTeklibraries—neithermorenorless.
A
B
D
C
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