Updating a NAS Device Class

To update a NAS device class, first complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end this task. 

Library Name

Select the name of the library that contains the tape drives used by this device class.

Mount Limit

Enter the maximum number of volumes that can be simultaneously mounted for the device class. The default is Drives.

The following are possible values:

Drives Specifies that the server determines the mount limit based on the number of drives defined and online in the library.
number Specifies the maximum number of drives used concurrently. This value can be any number from 0 to 256.

This value must not be allowed to exceed the number of drives defined and online in the library.

0 The value of zero prevents new transactions from gaining access to the storage pool.

Estimated Capacity

Enter the estimated capacity for the volumes assigned to this device class.

The value must be an integer followed by one of these units:

K Kilobyte
M Megabyte
G Gigabyte

Mount Wait

Enter the maximum length of time, in minutes, to wait for a volume to be mounted.

Tape Volume Prefix

Enter the high level qualifier of the file name that the server writes into the media labels. For each volume assigned to this device class, the server uses this prefix to create the data set name.

Example: AB.CD2.E