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Chapter 8—Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle Management Using MLM Reporting
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Thefollowingtabledescribesthemeaningofeachmediahealthicon.
Selectthebarcodenexttotheicontoviewdetailedinformationabout
thatspecificcartridge.
Icon Health score Meaning
100–80 ThemediahealthisGood.
 Datacartridge:Themediaisingoodconditionandoperatingproperly.The
cartridgecanbeusedforwritingnewdataandreadingpreviouslywritten
data.
 Cleaningcartridge:Morethantencleaningcyclesremainonthecartridge.
79–50 ThemediahealthisAverage.
 Datacartridge:WhentheHealthgraphontheDetailsscreenforthecartridge
fallsbelowahealthscoreof80,themediahealthiconchangesfromgreento
yellow(generallyduetonormalaging).Formaximumreliability,onlyusethe
cartridgeforrestores.
 Cleaningcartridge:Thecleaningcartridgeisnearexpiration.Fromonetoten
cleaningcyclesremain.
49–0 ThemediahealthisPoor.
 Datacartridge:WhentheHealthgraphontheDetailsscreenforthecartridge
fallsbelowahealthscoreof50,themediahealthiconchangestored.The
combinationofmediaerrors,tapeage,andusageindicatesthatthemedia
reachedtheendofitsusefullifeforreliabledatabackups
andrestoresand
shouldberetired.
Ifyouareexperiencinganunexpectednumberofcartridgeswithpoormedia
health,youmaywanttoinvestigatefurther:
 Reviewthemediahealthdataforeachcartridgetoseeifithasahigherror
rate.Ahigherrorratecanindicateeitherthatthemediahealthispoorand
thecartridgeshouldberetiredorthatthecartridgewaswrittentobya
drivethatishavingtrouble.
 Ifmultiplecartridgeswithhigherrorratesarewrittentobythesamedrive,
thedrivemaybethesourceoftheerrors.Cleanthedriveor,ifnecessary,
replaceit.
Notes:
 Ifthesourceofthehigherrorrateisadrive,themediahealthiconforthe
affectedcartridgesshouldreturntoeithergreenoryellowafter
approximatelythreeload/readorwrite/unloadcyclesinaknowngood
drive.
 Ifyourcartridgehasahigherrorratethatcannotbeattributedtoafaulty
drive,environmentalfactors,ortheendofthecartridge’snormalworking
lifecontactSpectraLogicTechnicalSupportfortroubleshootingassistance
(see
ContactingSpectraLogiconpage5).
 Cleaningcartridge:Thecleaningcartridgeisexpired.Nomorecleaning
cyclesremain.Replacethecleaningcartridge.
ThemediahealthisUnknown.Thestatusofthemediacannotbedetermined.