Contents
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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Chapter 8 – Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle
Management 226
MEDIA LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
SpectraCertifiedMLM‐EnabledMedia....................... 227
MediaTrackingandReporting.............................. 228
MediaDiscovery .......................................... 231
MLMPreScanandPostScan................................ 233
AdditionalMLMFeatures .................................. 235
ENABLING MLM AND CONFIGURING GLOBAL SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
EnableMLMandConfigureSettings......................... 236
ConfigurePostScanBlackoutPeriods........................ 239
USING MEDIA LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
AddCartridgestotheMLMDatabase....................... 240
InitiateMediaDiscoveryManually.......................... 243
StoptheDiscoveryProcess................................. 245
USING PRESCAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
USING POSTSCAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
MeetRequirementsforConfiguringandUsingPostScan....... 250
EnablePostScan........................................... 251
ScheduleaManualPostScan ................................ 251
PausethePostScanProcess ................................. 254
USING MLM REPORTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
GenerateMLMReports.................................... 255
SaveanMLMReport...................................... 260
OverrideaPoorCartridgeHealthReport ..................... 262
MANAGING THE MLM DATABASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
BackUptheMLMandDLMDatabases...................... 263
VerifytheDatabaseBackupFile ............................. 267
DeleteMLMRecordsFromtheDatabase..................... 268
DownloadtheMLMDatabaseforAnalysisandArchiving...... 270
Chapter 9 – Using Drive Lifecycle Management 272
BLUESCALE DRIVE LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
MONITORING DRIVE HEALTH USING DLM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
UsingtheDriveHealthIcons............................... 275
ViewingandSavingaDetailedDriveHealthReport ........... 277
DOWNLOADING THE DLM DATABASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280