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instructions on how to view the license information.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Configure Multiple Stand-Alone Drives into a Drive Pool
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.
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.
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.
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).
5.
Click Yes to continue with the configuration.
The status of the library changes to configured.
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.
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.)
NOTES
If necessary, repeat this step to add the data path in all the
storage policies associated with the drives that were deconfigured.
Configure a Stand-Alone Drive
Shared across a SAN (DDS)
The following procedure describes the steps involved in configuring a Stand-Alone
drive that is shared across a SAN with DDS.
Before You Begin
Check the following before you configure
the library in the SAN environment:
Hardware is configured according to the conventions detailed in
Hardware Configuration Guidelines - Libraries Attached to a SAN.
MediaAgent software is installed on every computer that is connected
to the SAN, and that will access the library. The MediaAgent software
can be installed on the computers in any order; the installation sequence
does not affect the library configuration.
This feature requires a Feature License to be available in the CommServe® Server.
Review general license requirements included in
License Administration. Also,
View All Licenses provides step-by-step
instructions on how to view the license information.
To configure a stand-alone Drive across a SAN (DDS)
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.
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.
After moving the drives, the standalone library the drives
under the standalone library should look similar to the sample image.
