Add Drives to the Media Validation Pool

Add media validation drives to a reserved pool using the library's interface. These drives are not accessible by host applications.

After using STA to identify candidate drives, use the library's interface to configure the media drive pool. See the product's Library Guide for instructions. See https://docs.oracle.com/en/storage/tape-storage/index.html to access the documentation.

Host applications cannot access validation drives. Each complex or standalone library can have a validation drive pool with up to ten drives. You must assign at least one drive per complex or standalone library. If you will be validating encrypted media, you must assign at least one drive that has been enabled for encryption and connected to Oracle Key Manager (OKM). STA automatically detects any changes to the media validation pool.