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Viewing the physical library or a partition
The View menu enables you to view details about the physical library or a specific partition in the
library information panel area of the main LMC display.
NOTE: Before you can begin many of the library operations that this guide describes, you must
first set the library view to either the physical library or a partition.
Using the View menu
From the View menu, click the name of the physical library or a partition. The physical library is
listed at the top of the View menu. Individual partitions, if they exist, are listed below the physical
library.
After you select a library (or partition) view, the library information panel area of the main LMC
display shows status information and statistical details about the physical library or partition selected.
Using the Managed Views region of the LMC display
The Managed Views region of the LMC display enables you to quickly select between library views
(physical or individual partitions) and take the physical library or a partition online or offline. If
you are using the LMC from a remote client, you can keep this dialog box in view while you use
the LMC to perform other library operations.
1. In the Managed Views region of the LMC, click the button with the name of the library or a
partition to view.
The Name field in the System Information section of the LMC displays the name of the library
or partition selected. The library information panel area of the main LMC display shows status
information and statistical details about the physical library or partition selected.
2. See “Changing the library state” (page 93) to take the library offline or put it back online.
NOTE: You do not need to change the current library view to change the online or offline
state of the physical library or a partition.
Changing the library state
You can take the physical library or any of its partitions online or offline. Some library functions
require that the physical library or partitions be in an online or offline state. You also can shut
down the physical library from the LMC.
NOTE: Shutting down the library only prepares it to be powered off. You will use the shutdown
procedure in some circumstances to prepare the library for remove and replace procedures.
Taking the physical library or a partition online or offline
To take the physical library online or offline, change its mode:
1. Make sure that you are viewing the physical library or the partition that you want to take
online or offline. See
“Viewing the physical library or a partition” (page 93) .
2. Click Operations
→Change Mode. Alternatively, in the Managed Views section of the LMC,
click the mode button next to the name of the physical library or partition for which you would
like to change the mode. (The button reads either Online or Offline.)
The Change Library Mode dialog box appears with the current state of the physical library or
partition shown.
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