Icon
Health
score
Meaning
79 – 50
The media health is Average.
• Data cartridge: When the Health graph on the Details screen for
the cartridge falls below a health score of 80, the media health
icon changes from green to yellow (generally due to normal
aging). For maximum reliability, only use the cartridge for
restores.
• Cleaning cartridge: The cleaning cartridge is near expiration.
From one to ten cleaning cycles remain.
49 – 0
The media health is Poor.
• Data cartridge: When the Health graph on the Details screen for
the cartridge falls below a health score of 50, the media health
icon changes to red. The combination of media errors, tape age,
and usage indicates that the media reached the end of its useful
life for reliable data backups and restores and should be retired.
If you are experiencing an unexpected number of cartridges
with poor media health, you may want to investigate further:
• Review the media health data for each cartridge to see if it
has a high error rate. A high error rate can indicate either that
the media health is poor and the cartridge should be retired
or that the cartridge was written to by a drive that is having
trouble.
• If multiple cartridges with high error rates were written to by
the same drive, the drive may be the source of the errors.
Clean the drive or, if necessary, replace it.
Notes:
• If the source of the high error rate is a drive, the media health
icon for the affected cartridges should return to either green
or yellow after approximately three load/read or write/unload
cycles in a known good drive.
• If your cartridge has a high error rate that cannot be
attributed to a faulty drive, environmental factors, or the end
of the cartridge’s normal working life, contact Spectra Logic
Technical Support for troubleshooting assistance (see
Contacting Spectra Logic on page11).
• Cleaning cartridge: The cleaning cartridge is expired. No more
cleaning cycles remain. Replace the cleaning cartridge.
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USER GUIDE
CHAPTER 6 - CONFIGURING AND USING MEDIA LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT
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