A Zone is a TapeTrack Object which represents a physical storage location.

Once created a Zone is then mapped to a Repository to track where volumes are allocated to a storage rack and slot number.

From the Main Menu, select Administration→Zone Administration.

From the Zone Tab, click in the Zone List Window, and then Right click to select Add from the Context Menu.

Identity tab the Zone properties:

• Zone ID Assignable ID for the Zone (1 to 10 alphanumeric characters).
• Zone description Long form description of the Zone (0 to 20 alphanumeric characters).
• Total number of slots Total number of slots that the Zone contains.
• Number of slots per row (optional) Number of slots in each row of the Zone.
• Customer filter (optional) Limits which Customers will see the specific Zone when assigning Zones to a Repository.

Once all values have been entered click Save.

Once created, Zones can be then be mapped to one or more Repositories.

From the Main Menu, select Administration→Zone Administration.