Advanced Reporting
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This report provides TapeAlert counts for various combinations of tape drives, tape cartridges, and TapeAlert flags. You can
use this report to help determine if a problem is due to a specific tape drive or tape cartridge.
The report displays the number of TapeAlerts for the selected Grouping and combination of Attributes.
The Media Integrity Analysis report collects the following information for each TapeAlert:
• Cartridge barcode
• Tape drive physical serial number
• TapeAlert value
• Occurrence count of each TapeAlert
• Time and date (UTC) of TapeAlert occurrences
To configure the report, specify the following:
• Range — Specifies the range of time covered in the report. Choose one of the following:
• Last 7 days
• Last 4 weeks (default)
• Last 3 months
• All History (as far back as there is data in the log file)
• Attributes—Specifies which values are included in the report, and how they are combined. Select in any combination,
including all (default) and none. If you select no attributes, the chart displays the TapeAlert count for the selected
Grouping.
• Cartridge Barcode — All relevant tape cartridges.
• Drive Physical SN — All relevant tape drives.
• TapeAlert — The TapeAlert flags that were issued. For a description of all TapeAlert flags, see
TapeAlert Flag
Descriptions.
• Chart — How the data is displayed in the chart. Choose Area, Bar (default), Line, or Pie.
• Type — The chart type. Select one of the following:
• Rollup (default) — Displays the number of TapeAlerts for the combination of Grouping and Attributes you selected
(default).
• Trend — Shows the occurrence of TapeAlerts over time.
• Grouping—Specifies which drive(s) or tape cartridge(s) on which to base the report. Choose one of the following:
• All (default) — All tape drives and tape cartridges for which a TapeAlert was issued during the specified range.
• Selected Drive by Physical SN — An individual tape drive. Only tape drives which issued a TapeAlert during the
specified range appear in the report.
• Selected Cartridge by Barcode — An individual tape cartridge. Only tape cartridges that were associated with a
TapeAlert during the specified range appear in the report.
• Sorting— Specifies how the data will be sorted. Choose from the following:
• Alphabetical
• Count (ascending)
• Last Occurrence (default)
You can only access this report from the Web client. The path to open the report is Reports > Advanced Reporting >
Media Integrity Analysis.
Using Advanced Reporting Templates
If you want to use the same configuration repeatedly, you can save it as a template. You can save up to 20 templates for
each type of advanced report.
Creating a Template
1 From the report configuration page, make the selections you want.
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