Dell PowerVault ML6000 User Manual

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Chapter 5 Configuring Your Library

Working With Partitions

Dell PowerVault ML6000 User’s Guide

Table 3 Number of Partitions

Supported

Details on partitions include:

• Administrators can create, modify, delete, and control access to all

partitions. Users can be given access to only certain partitions and

denied access to others.

Partition names are limited to 12 lower-case alphanumeric characters and

underscores (_).

• The maximum number of partitions that can be created is equal to the

number of tape drives in the library.

• At minimum, a partition consists of one tape drive and one slot. The

tape drive or slot cannot be shared with another partition.

• I/E station slots are shared between all partitions. Partitions take

temporary ownership of I/E station slots when importing or

exporting tape cartridges.

Available

Configurations

Tape Drives

Minimum, Maximum

Partitions

Minimum, Maximum

ML6010

1, 2

ML6020

1, 6

ML6030

1, 10

ML6030 CM +

1 ML6000 EM

1, 14

ML6030 CM +

2 ML6000 EMs

1, 18

Caution:

Before permanently removing a 9U Library Expansion

Module from your library, you need to perform a set of

configuration operations that includes deleting all