From time to time you may need to adjust a Customers Slot allocation based on increased or decreased Volume numbers.

Slotting allocation can be increased by either adding extra zones to the Repository, or by increasing the Slot allocation within the currently assigned Zones.

See Maintaining A Zone to add or increase Zone allocation.

Decreasing Slot allocation for a Customer can be as simple as reducing the Slots allocated through the Slot Edit Range Information window, as long as the Slots being removed are sequential and unoccupied.

If the Slots to be removed from allocation are currently occupied, completely or partially, the Volumes will need to be reslotted before this can be accomplished.

To remove these Volumes from the occupied Slots:

• Right click the required Repository and select Properties, or double click the Repository , and click on the Options tab.

• Set Highwater Offset to the number you wish to lower Slot allocation by. For example if you currently have 3000 Slots allocated and wish to reduce the allocation to 1000 Slots set the highwater offset to 2000 (3000 - 2000).

• Run the slotting program TMSS10SlotAllocation to re-slot any Volumes above the highwater mark.
• Decrease the slot allocation.

• Adjust the Highwater Offset back to zero to enable use of all allocated Slots.