9 M onitoring
This section describes the various tools you can use to m onitor the status of the VLS hardware and virtual
devices (libraries and tape drives) , and how to use them. These monitoring tools include:
• Status information in the Status pane
•Statusicons
•Notification alerts
•Tracelogfiles
Status information in the status pane
Status information for the VLS hardware components and virtual devices is displayed in Command
View VLS on th
e status pane when an individual hardware component or virtual device is selected
in the navigation tree.
The five device status possibilities are:
• Good—Theco
mponent, part of the component, or the virtual device is operating normally.
• Degraded —The component, or one or more parts of the component, has failed or is operating
outside of its normal range but is still operational.
• Critical —The component, or one or more par ts of the component, has failed or exceeded its limits.
Although i
t is still operational, VLS failure is imminent.
• Failed—The component, or one or more parts of the comp onent, has failed and the VLS is inoperable.
Immediate service is needed.
• Missing —
The VLS cannot d etect the c omponent or a part of the component.
In additi
on to the device status, a red or yellow alert bar will highlight specific parts of a component
when that
particular element within the component has failed (red) or is operating outside its normal
range (yellow).
To view the status information for a VLS hardware component or virtual device:
1. O pen a Command View VLS session. See Opening a Command View VLS session from Command
View TL.
2. Click the System tab.
3. Click the object in the navigation tree that represents the hardware component or virtual device
that yo
uwanttoview.
The status information for the object selected, and its subobjects in the navigation tree, is d isplayed
in the status pane.
Status icons
The current overall status of the VLS is displayed on Command View VLS as an icon in the status banner.
In addition, components or parts of a component whose condition is not Good are marked with the
corresponding icon in the navigation tree.
Devic
estatusicon
The device status icon in the Command View VLS status banner indicates the overall VLS device health.
The device status icon is displayed in the status banner regardless of the tab selected.
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