Dell PowerVault ML6000 - Manual (Page 281)

Chapter 12 Installing, Removing, and Replacing
Preparing to Remove or Replace a Module
Dell PowerVault ML6000 User’s Guide 281
Note: If the last elements of a partition reside in the module you
are removing or replacing, you may be able to modify the
partition instead of deleting it. (See Understanding Logical
Element Addressing on page 38 for more information on
how the library logically addresses tape drives and slots.)
In that case, you would 1) export those tape cartridges that
reside in the module you are removing or replacing, and 2)
modify the partition, instead of deleting it, so that the
partition no longer references any storage or drive
elements within the module you are removing or
replacing. See Modifying Partitions on page 75.
For example
, in Figure 38 , after exporting all affected tape
cartridges from the module you are removing, the cleaning
slots are deleted, then Library_c is completely deleted, and
Library_b is modified to reduce its storage slot count by
one, as this deletes the storage slot reference in the 9U
Library Expansion Module. No storage element
modifications are required for Library_a.