Sharing drives in a logical library

Complete this task to share drives in a logical library.

About this task

After you add one or more drives to a logical library in the TS3500 tape library, you can share drives with the same media type among multiple logical libraries.

To share drives with the same media type among one or more logical libraries, perform the following steps:

Procedure

  1. From the Work Items navigation pane, select Drives —> Drive Assignment. The Drive Assignment screen displays.
  2. Select one or more drives in the Drive column, then select one or more logical libraries to share the drives (you can share a drive in a maximum of ten logical libraries).
  3. When you have selected all of the drives that you want to share and all of the logical libraries in which you want to include them, from the Select Action drop-down box, select Apply, then select Go. The Operation in Progress screen displays, followed by a Success screen that indicates that the changes are complete.
  4. Select Close. The Drive Assignment screen redisplays with the new assignments.