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3. SelecttheMLMfeaturesyouwanttouse.
Select this option... To... Default
Setting
Enable Media
Lifecycle
Management
EnabletheMediaLifecycleManagement(MLM)featuresin
thelibrary.MLMisenabledbydefault.EnablingMedia
LifecycleManagementalsoenablesDriveLifecycle
Management(DLM),whichisdescribedin
Chapter9–Using
DriveLifecycleManagement,beginningonpage272.
Selected
(Enabled)
Enable Alerts for
Non-Certified
Media
ConfigureMLMtogenerateanalertmessagewhena
cartridgethatisnotMLM‐enabledisloadedintoadrive.
Note: Enablingthisalertisonlyrecommendedifallofthe
cartridgestypicallyusedinthelibraryareMLM‐enabled.
Cleared
(Disabled)
Enable Alerts for
Load Count
Discrepancies
ConfigureMLMtogenerateanalertmessagewhentheload
countforacartridgestoredintheMLMdatabasediffersfrom
theloadcountstoredonthatcartridge’sMAM.
Cleared
(Disabled)
Minimum Cleaning
Passes
Setthethresholdfortheminimumnumberofcleaningpasses
remainingonacleaningcartridge.Whenacleaningcartridge
reachesthisthreshold,awarningmessageisgenerated
showingthatthecleaningcartridgeisnearlyexpired.
Thewarningmessageisgeneratedeverytimethecleaning
tapeisusedwhilethenumberofcleaningsremainingisator
belowthethresholdvalue.
Note: Whenthenumberofcleansremainingonthecartridge
reacheszero,thelibraryflagsthecartridgeasexpired.
Zero(0)
Maximum Tape
Loads
Setthenumberoftimesadatacartridgecanbeloadedintoa
drive beforealoadcountwarningmessageisgenerated.
Whenthenumberofloadsreachesthespecifiedthreshold,a
warningmessageisgenerated.Subsequentloadsdonot
generateadditionalmessages.
GenerateaLoadCountMediaLifecycleReporttodetermine
thecurrentusagestatusofthecartridgesinyourlibrary(see
UsingMLMReportingonpage255fordetailedinformation).
Note: IfyoubeganusingMLM‐enableddatacartridges
beforeyouenabledMLM,someofyourdatacartridgesmay
alreadyexceededthethresholdsyouset.
10,000loads