Spectra T200 - BlueScale Drive Lifecycle Management; Monitoring Drive Health Using DLM

Chapter 10 — Using Drive Lifecycle Management Monitoring Drive Health Using DLM
December 2019 User Guide—Spectra T200, T380, and T680 Libraries
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Each button on the Drives screen lets you perform additional operations.
This button... Lets you...
Drive Traces Collect drive traces for LTO-5 and later generation drives (see Use the Drive
Traces Button on page 407).
Note: The Drive Traces button is not supported for TS11xx technology
drives.
Drive Performance
Monitoring
Display the drive performance statistics screen (see View Drive Performance
Statistics on page 163).
Note: The Drive Performance Monitoring button only displayed if Drive
Performance Monitoring is enabled (see Enable Drive Performance Monitoring
on page 107).
Drive Firmware
Update
Use one or more firmware update (code load) tapes stored in the partition’s
entry/exit pool to update the firmware for selected drives (see Updating Drive
Firmware on page 473).
Note: This button is replaced by Staged Drive Firmware Update if a drive
firmware update is staged to one or more drives.
Staged Drive
Firmware Update
Apply an update that is already staged to the drive (see Apply the Update on
page 487) using one of the following methods:
 Autostaging (see Modify Auto Download Options on page 140)
 Manual staging (see Update Using Drive Update through Package Update on
page 480).
Note: This button only displays if a drive update is staged to the drives.
Remove
Replace
Add
Remove or replace a drive that is already in the library. If a DBA has an empty
drive bay, the Add button powers on a newly installed drive and initializes it in
the library (see Adding or Replacing a Drive on page 497).
Notes:
 These buttons only display on the front panel.
 The Add button only displays if a DBA location does not contain a drive.
Clean Clean the drive using a cleaning tape in an associated cleaning partition. See
Manually Cleaning a Drive on page 470.
Note: The Clean button only displays if the partition to which the drive is
assigned has an associated cleaning partition.
Detail View detailed information about the selected drive (see Viewing and Saving a
Detailed Drive Health Report on page 317).
Test Use the DLM Drive Test wizard to test a drive (see Using DLM to Test a Drive
on page 432).
Note: The Test button is not available for TS11xx technology drives.
Reset Reset the drive, which power cycles the drive, runs the internal drive
diagnostics, and reinitializes it in the library (see Resetting a Drive on page 401).