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Chapter 1—Library Overview Library Features
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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Auto Configuration Save
TheAutoConfigurationSavefeatureautomaticallygenerates aweekly
backupfileandstoresthefileonthememorycard intheLCM.Thebackup
filecontainsthelibraryconfigurationandtheMLMandDLMdatabases,as
wellastheencryptionconfigurationandanyBlueScaleencryptionkeys.A
backupfileisalsoautomaticallygeneratedandsavedwhenev erapartition
iscreatedormodified.See BackUptheLibraryConfiguration
Automaticallyonpage115fordetailedinformationaboutusingthisfeature.
Ifdesired,thelibrarycanautomaticallyemailtheconfigurationbackupfile
eachtimeitiscreated.Thisexternalcopyoftheconfigurationbackupfile
ensuresthatyoucanrecoveryourMLMandDLMdatabasesandthe
libraryconfigurationintheeventofadisaster.SeeEmailAuto
ConfigurationSaveonpage109forinstructionsonhowtoconfigureemail
forthisfeature.
Auto Drive Clean
AutoDriveCleanusescleaningcartridgesstoredinadedicatedcleaning
partitiontoprovidelibrary‐basedcleaningofLTOdriveswithoutuser
intervention.Thecleaningpartitioncanbesharedbymultiplestorage
partitionsandisusedbythelibrarytoautomaticallycleanadrive
wheneveritindicatesthatcleaningisneeded.Automateddrivecleaning
resultsinfewerfailedtaperead/writeoperationsandisthepreferred
methodforcleaningdrives.SeeChapter6–ConfiguringandManaging
Partitions,beginningonpage154fordetailedinformationabout
configuringcleaningpartitions.
AutoInstall
AspeciallypreparedUSBdeviceisshippedwiththelibrary.ThisUSB
devicecontainsthecurrentversionofthelibrary’sBlueScalesoftwareand
theactivationkeysfortheoptionsyoupurchasedwiththelibrary.Itis
usedtoautomaticallyupdatetheBlueScalesoftwaretoandloadthe
activationkeysintothelibrary.
TheautomatedinstallationprocessbeginswhenyouinserttheUSBdevice
intothelibrary’sLCMbeforeyoupower‐onthelibraryforthefirsttime
duringinstallation.Theuserinterfaceprovidesfeedbacktotrackthe
progressduringtheprocess.SeePerformtheAutoInstallonpage62for
moreinformationontheAutoInstallprocess.
AutoSupport
AutoSupportconfiguresthelibrarytoautomaticallycontactlibraryusers
withsystemmessageswheneverspecificeventsoccur.Itcanalsobeused
toopenorupdateasupportticketandsendittoaspecifiedemailrecipient
ortoSpectraLogicTechnicalSupport.SeeChapter11–Configuringand
UsingAutoSupport,beginningonpage327fordetailedinformation.