Spectra T50e - Meet Requirements for Configuring and Using Postscan

Chapter 8—Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle Management Using PostScan
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
251
Global Spare Drive Cleaning IfeithertheFullScanorQuickScanusinga
GlobalSpareoptionwasused,thelibrarycheckstoseeifthedriverequires
cleaningafterthecartridgeisunloadedfromtheGlobalSparedrive.If
cleaningisrequiredandacleaningpartitionisassociatedwiththestorage
partitiontowhichtheGlobalSpareisassigned,thedriveiscleanedbefore
thenextcartridgeisprocessed.
Note: Ifacleaningpartitionisnotpresent,periodicallychecktheDrive
Detailsscreenforeachdrivetodeterminewhethercleaningis
required.Ifcleaningisrequired,followtheinstructionsin
ManuallyCleaningaDriveonpage439.
Meet Requirements for Configuring and Using PostScan
AsyouconfigurePostScanandpreparetouseit,keepthefollowing
informationinmind:
Consideration Description
Drive Firmware  LTO‐4:requires97F9orlaterfirmware.
 LTO‐5:requiresB171orlaterfirmware.
 LTO‐6:supportedwithanyfirmware.
 LTO‐7:supportedwithanyfirmware.
Updating MLM
Data on MAM
UpdatingthecartridgeMAMrequiresthecartridgetobewrite‐enabled.
Important: If a cartridge is write-protected when it is inserted into a drive, the
information about the cartridge is added to the MLM database, but the library
cannot update the MLM information on the cartridge’s MAM.
Drive Support for
PostScan
LTO‐4orlatergenerations:BothFullScanandQuickScanareavailablewhen
usingLTO‐4orlatergenerationdrives.
Note: WhileadriveisinuseforQuickScanoperations,itisunavailabletothe
storagemanagementsoftware.
Background
Operations
Toprotectyoufrommakingchangesthatcouldnegativelyimpactthelibraryʹs
operation,theBlueScalesoftwareautomaticallypreventsyoufromperforming
certainoperationswhileeitheraFullScanoraQuickScanthatusesGlobalSpare
drivesisrunning.However,youcanpausetheFullScanoraQuickScan
operationifyoucannot
waitforittocomplete.SeeBackgroundOperationson
page234fordetailedinformation.
Storage
Management
Software
Configuration
WhenusingautomaticPostScantocheckyourcartridges,configureyour
storagemanagementsoftwaretoallowatleast15
minutesforarequestedmove
tocomplete.Ifacartridgeisintheprocessofbeingscannedwhenitis
requestedforabackuporrestoreoperation,itmustbeunloadedfromthe
GlobalSpareandmovedtoanotherdrivebefore themoverequestisreported
ascomplete.