Spectra T50e - Override a Poor Cartridge Health Report

Chapter 8—Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle Management Using MLM Reporting
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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Override a Poor Cartridge Health Report
Undercertaincircumstancesyoumayneedtooverridethehealthofan
MLM‐enabledcartridgethatisreportedaspoor(aredhealthiconappears
nexttothecartridgebarcode).Whenthecartridgehealthispoor,agreen
arrowbuttonappears,thatcanbeusedtooverridethereportedhealth.
Duringtheoverrideprocess,thelibraryprogressivelyeliminatesany
recentharderrorsfromthetapehealthcalculation.Ifthehealthisstillred,
allharderrorsareeliminatedfromthetapehealthcalculation.Thelibrary
continuestousethisadjustedtapehealthuntilthecartridgehealthreturns
toeitherGoodorAverageaspartofnormalhealthmonitoring.
Usethefollowingstepstoresetthehealthofasinglecartridge.
1. DisplaytheMLMReportsscreenasdescribedinGenerateMLM
Reportsonpage255.
2. Locatethebarcodeofthecartridgeforwhichyouneedtoresetthe
health(seeStep7onpage259).
3. Clickthegreenarrowbuttonforthecartridge.Thelibraryadjusts
parametersusedtocalculatethetapehealthuntilthereportedhealthis
Average.
4. Attempttoresolvetheissuesthatwerecausingthemediahealthtobe
reportedaspoor.
Important
Do not reset the cartridge health unless you believe that the reported poor health
is due to drive problems and not the cartridge or you are specifically directed to do
so by Spectra Logic Technical Support.
Figure 164 Select the green override button to reset the reported
health for an MLM-enabled LTO cartridge.
Override MLM
health