Spectra T50e - Monitoring Your Library

Chapter 5—Operating the Library Monitoring Your Library
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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MONITORING YOUR LIBRARY
Overview TheBlueScaleuserinterfaceprovidesanumberoftoolsfor
monitoringthehealthandperformanceofthelibrary,itscomponents,and
itsmedia.
 Thequickestwaytoobtainimportantinformationistocheckthestatus
iconsontheGeneralStatusscreen(seeFigure37onpage75).They
provideat‐a‐glanceinformationaboutthestatusofmajorsystem
components.
 Thesystemstatusicononthestatusbarindicatesthehi ghestseverity
levelfortheunreadsystemmessages.SeeSystemStatusIconon
page83foradescriptionofwhateachiconmeans.
 Thefollowingtablelistswheretofindadditionalinformationaboutthe
healthandperformanceofthelibrary,itscomponents,anditsmedia.
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System Messages Eventsthatresultedinsystemmessages
aboutthelibraryanditsoperation.
CheckandRespondtoMessageson
page138.
Performance
Metrics
Thepowerconsumptionandstorage
densitystatisticsforyourlibrary.
 ViewPowerConsumption
Statisticsonpage140.
 ViewStorageDensityStatistics
onpage141.
Robot Utilization
Information
Thepercentageoftimetheroboticsisbeing
usedwhilethelibraryispoweredon.
ViewRobotUtilizationInformation
onpage142.
Drive Status Theoperationalstatus,firmwarelevel,
andcleaningstatusofthedrives.
ViewDriveStatusInformationon
page143.
Media Lifecycle
Management (MLM)
TheusageandhealthofMLM‐enabled
mediainthelibrary.
Note: MLMalsoprovideslimitedhealth
informationaboutmediathatisnot
MLM‐enabled.
Chapter8–ConfiguringandUsing
MediaLifecycleManagement,
beginningonpage226.
Drive Lifecycle
Management (DLM)
TheusageandhealthoftheLTOdrivesin
thelibrary.
Chapter9–UsingDriveLifecycle
Management,beginningon
page272.