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3. Otherwise,ifyo uplantocreateadditional librarieslater,dividetheMaximum

(

B above)betweenthelibraries,andenterthenum berallocatedtothislibraryas

the Number of Virtual Tapes (

C).

ThenewvaluehastobelessthantheMaximum,sothatcapacityisreservedfor

creatingtapesfor theadditionallibraries.

4. Check theUse Default ID for Starting Numbercheckbox(

D above).Press 

Next(

E).

5. WhentheSet Barcode Range Option panelappears,checktheUse the

following barcode range for this batchcheckbox(

F below),andpress

Next(

G).

TheSet Barcode Range Option paneldefinesthesetofbarcodes thatthe

virtuallibrarywillsupport.Eachbatchofcartridgesthatyousubsequentlycreate

mustbeasubsetoftherangeyoudefinenow—youcannotchangeitlater.SoSun

recommendssettingthisvaluetothewidestrangepossible,000000-ZZZZZZ.The

virtual

librarycanthensupportanybarcodingschemethatyouwilleverneed.

Nexttask:

■ IfyouareusingtheAuto‐Replicationfeature,goto“SettinguptheAut o

Replicationoption”onpage 50.

■ Otherwise,goto“Launc hi ng thevirtualtapebatchcreationproce ss ” on

page 64.

▼ Settingreplicationparameters forvirtualtapevol ume s

IfthenewvirtualtapeswillresideinalibrarythathastheAuto‐Replicationoptio n

enabled,proceedasfollows.