Creating Cartridges - HP 12000 User Manual

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ports. Make sure to load-balance the tape drives across the Fibre Channel host ports to obtain
maximum performance. Tape drives in a library do not have to be mapped to the same port
as the library.
7. Click Create Tape Drive.
A summary window opens and displays details about the tape drives created.
8. Choose one of the following options:
To perform LUN mapping for the virtual tape drive, click Map LUNs and proceed to
Mapping" (page 91)
To create more tape drives, click Create More Tape Drives.
To add cartridges to the virtual library, click Create Cartridges and proceed to
Cartridges" (page
To exit the wizard, click Cancel.
At this point the library and tape drives have been created, but the library does not contain
any cartridges. You can add cartridges later.

Creating Cartridges

To add cartridges to a virtual library:
1. If you are already in the Create Library Wizard window, select Create Cartridges.
The Cartridge Parameters window opens
2. If not:
a. Click the System tab.
b. Select the virtual library in the navigation tree to which you are adding cartridges.
c. Click Create Cartridge in the task bar.
The Cartridge Parameters window opens
Figure 21 Create Virtual Library Wizard window (8 of 12)
3. To add a barcode template:
a. Enter the barcode prefix (one to six alphanumeric characters) in the Barcode Prefix box.
No special characters are permitted.
All the tape drives created at one time are mapped to the same Fibre Channel host
for further instructions.
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