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Installation, Configuration, and Integration Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Gathering Configuration Information for Virtual Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Pathlight VX Advanced Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Preparing for Early Tape Creation Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Preparing for Storage Policy Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Preparing for Physical Exports and Virtual Imports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5 Planning to Configure Physical Libraries and Re-
motely Manage the Pathlight VX 45
Planning for Physical Library Configuration and Pathlight VX Remote Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Pathlight VX Connectivity to an External Aggregation Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Pathlight VX Connectivity to Physical Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Pathlight VX and Physical Library Remote Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Pathlight VX Physical Library Partitioning Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Physical Library eVPS LUN Mapping for Libraries with a SNC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Physical Library eVPS LUN Mapping for Libraries with IOBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Physical Library LUN Mapping for Libraries that Use Tape Drive Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
A Glossary 59
B Index 65
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