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Configure Multiple Stand-Alone Drives into a Drive Pool
Drive Pooling Stand-Alone Drives That Were Previously Configured as Separate Stand-Alone Drives
Configure a Stand-Alone Drive Shared across a SAN (DDS)
The following procedure describes the steps involved in configuring a stand-alone drive attached to a MediaAgent.
Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions
Before You Begin |
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To configure a stand-alone drive |
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1. | Display the Library and Drive Configuration window. | |
2. | Detect the devices for the MediaAgent to which the stand-alone drive you wish
to configure is attached.
Detect the devices as described in
Detect Devices.
All the devices attached to the selected MediaAgent are displayed in the Library and Drive Configuration window. |
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3. | Locate the library that you want to configure. If the library was never configured, the library and drive identifiers end in a # sign (i.e., Library#). If the library was configured and then deconfigured, the library and drive names are retained (e.g., Library2). |
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4. | If you want to modify library properties, right-click the library and select
Properties. You can change the following properties: Alias - The name of the library. This name is displayed in the CommCell Browser for the library. We strongly recommend that you provide appropriate labels or aliases for each stand-alone drive . This will help you identify the proper drive when you are prompted to insert media into a drive. When you are satisfied with your changes, click OK. |
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We recommend that you give each library a descriptive name as its Alias, for easier system administration. For stand-alone drives, we strongly recommend that you physically label each drive using the library name shown in the configuration window. This will help you identify the proper drive when you are prompted to insert a cartridge into a drive. | |
5. | When you are satisfied with your changes, click OK. | |
6. | In the Library and Drive Configuration window, right-click the library that you want to configure, and then click Configure. | |
7. | A prompt appears, asking if you are sure that you want to configure the library. Click Yes to continue with the configuration. | |
The status of the library changes to configured. |
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The following procedure describes the steps involved in configuring multiple stand-alone drives with the same drive type attached to a MediaAgent. For an overview of this operation, see Drive Pooling Stand-Alone Drives.
Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To configure multiple stand-alone drives into a drive pool |
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1. | Display the Library and Drive Configuration window. | |
2. | Detect the devices for the MediaAgent to which the stand-alone drive you wish to configure is attached. Detect the devices as described in Detect Devices. | |
All the devices attached to the selected MediaAgent are displayed in the Library and Drive Configuration window. |
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3. | If you want to modify library properties, right-click the
library and then click Properties.
You can change the following properties: Alias - The name of the library. This name is displayed in the CommCell Browser for the library. We strongly recommend that you provide appropriate labels or aliases for each stand-alone drive . This will help you identify the proper drive when you are prompted to insert media into a drive. When you are satisfied with your changes, click OK. |
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We recommend that you give each library a descriptive name as its Alias, for easier system administration. For stand-alone drives, we strongly recommend that you physically label each drive using the library name shown in the configuration window. This will help you identify the proper drive when you are prompted to insert a cartridge into a drive. | |
4. | In the
Library and Drive Configuration window, right-click the
library that you want to configure, and then click Configure. Locate the library that you want to configure. If the library was never configured, the library and drive identifiers end in a # sign (i.e., Library#). If the library was configured and then deconfigured, the library and drive names are retained (e.g., Library2). |
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5. | Click Yes to continue with the configuration. |
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The status of the library changes to configured. |
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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. |
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2. | Deconfigure all the libraries, except one library associated with any of the stand-alone drives. NOTES
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3. | Delete the deconfigured drive. Detect the devices as described in Detect Devices. |
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4. | Configure the drive that was detected. NOTES
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Post Configuration Considerations |
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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. | ||
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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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The following procedure describes the steps involved in configuring a Stand-Alone drive that is shared across a SAN with DDS.
Before You Begin |
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Check the following before you configure
the library in the SAN environment:
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To configure a stand-alone Drive across a SAN (DDS) |
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Display
the Library and Drive Configuration window.
In the Select MediaAgents dialog box, select the names of all the MediaAgents that will share the stand-alone drive. |
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2. | Detect the devices. Use Detection or Exhaustive Detection as required. | |
The stand-alone drives connected to the selected MediaAgents
across the SAN will be displayed in the Library and Drive Configuration
window. NOTE: If you have MediaAgent 1 and MediaAgent 2 sharing Drive A and Drive B, then the drives should appear twice, once associated with MediaAgent 1 and once associated with MediaAgent 2. The sample image represents a similar configuration. |
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3. | The drives from the stand-alone libraries must be grouped
together.
Drag the Drive A associated MediaAgent 2 and drop it together with the Drive A associated with MediaAgent 1 (into the other stand-alone library). Similarly, drag and drop Drive B. The sample image illustrates the drag and drop. |
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After moving the drives, the standalone library the drives under the standalone library should look similar to the sample image. |
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4. | Configure the library as described in Configure Devices. | |
The library is configured and displayed with the configured,
detect success status in the Library and Drive Configuration
window.
The Library tab provides the physical view of the devices (library and drives).
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The Data Paths tab provides a logical view of the data path used to access
the devices - library, master drive pool, drive pool, drive.
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