Drive Pooling Stand-Alone Drives That Were Previously Configured as Separate Stand-Alone Drives

The following procedure describes the steps involved in re-configuring multiple stand-alone drives in a drive pool. Note that the stand-alone drives must be of the same drive type and attached to the same MediaAgent. For an overview of this operation, see Drive Pooling Stand-Alone Drives.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Action

To configure multiple stand-alone drives into a drive pool
1. Display the Library and Drive Configuration window.
  All the stand-alone drives that are currently configured will be displayed in the Library and Drive Configuration window.
2. Deconfigure all the libraries, except one library associated with any of the stand-alone drives.

NOTES

  • Click Yes in the Confirm Deconfigure prompt which appears when you deconfigure the library.
  • If necessary, repeat this step to deconfigure all the libraries that will be used to create the drive pool - except one stand-alone library, as mentioned above.
  • The deconfigured library will be displayed with the  not configured status.
3. Delete the deconfigured drive. Detect the devices as described in Detect Devices.
4. Configure the drive that was detected.

NOTES

  • Click Yes in the Confirm Configure prompt which appears when you configure the drive.
  • If necessary, repeat this step to configure all the drives that were detected.
  • The drives are configured and displayed with the configured status.

Post Configuration Considerations
From the CommCell Browser, locate the Storage Policy associated with the deconfigured drives. In the right-pane of the CommCell Browser, right-click the primary copy and then click Properties.
 
From the Data Path tab of the Copy Properties dialog box, add the data path associated with the library in which the drive is currently drive pooled as the alternate data path. (See Add a Data Path to a Storage Policy Copy for step-by-step instructions.)

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  • If necessary, repeat this step to add the data path in all the storage policies associated with the drives that were deconfigured.