Chapter 2 Managing Disk Drives

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To manage a disk drive after it has been installed

To load a disk pack
To unload your disk pack
To unload a nonsystem disk

To monitor your disk space
To see distribution of disk space
To free disk space by creating a tape

A disk is a shareable device used as an input and output tool. It offers the fastest data access of all devices. A disk drive is used to read and write data to a disk. The following illustration displays some disk drives.

In this chapter, you will find the procedures to perform the following tasks:

Operating a disk drive.
Loading disk packs.
Unloading disk packs.
Unloading a nonsystem disk pack.
Monitoring disk space.
Freeing disk space by creating a tape.
Storing disk packs.

Chapter 2 Managing Disk Drives

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