6 Drives

Manage the drives within the library by setting the drive configuration properties, turning the drive on and off, online or offline, and configuring drive cleaning.

About Drives

• Supported Drive Types
• Drive Tray

Operate and Manage Drives

• View the Drives Table
• Physically Locate a Drive Using the Locator LED
• Set a Drive Online or Offline
• Turn a Drive On or Off
• Reset a Drive (Power Cycle the Drive)
• Force a Drive to Unload a Tape Cartridge
• Move or Mount a Tape Cartridge

Drive Encryption

• Drive-Enrolled Encryption
• Library-Managed Encryption (LME)
• Enable a Drive for Library-Managed Encryption (LME)
• Configure Library Encryption (LME)
• Encryption Activation Permits

Drive Dumps

• Generate a Drive Dump
• Retrieve and Download Drive Dumps
• Delete Retrieved Drive Dumps

Drive Cleaning

• Configure Drive Auto-Cleaning
• View a List of Cleaning Cartridges
• Set the Cleaning Tape Usage Thresholds
• Manually Clean a Drive

Drive Configuration

• Configure the Drive Fast Load Setting
• Add a Drive Alias
• Drive Serial Number Spoofing
• Configure MDVOP

Partitioning and Media Validation

• Move Storage Cells and Drive Bays to a Partition
• Add or Remove Drives from the Media Validation Partition (Pool)