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CHAPTER 9
Using Drive Lifecycle Management
ThischapterdescribeshowtouseBlueScaleDriveLifecycleManagement
toproactivelymonitorthehealthoftheLTOdrivesinyourlibrary.
BLUESCALE DRIVE LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT
Overview BlueScaleDriveLifecycleManagementworksinconjunction
withMLMtohelpyouidentifydrivesthatexperienceahighnumberof
errorsorotherproblemsduringoperation.
Eachtimeacartridgeisunloadedfromadrive,thelibrarycollectsthe
mediahealthdatafromthedrive.Thisdataincludesread/writeerrors,
tapealerts,andflagsgeneratedduringthetimethemostcurrentcartridge
wasloadedinthedrive.Italsoincludesthecurrentvalueforthedrive’s
single
characterdisplay(SCD)andanyerrorsdetectedatthetimethe
cartridgeisunloaded.Allofthisdata,plustheMLMdataforthe50most
recentlyloadedcartridges,isstoredintheDLMdatabase.Thisdataisused
togenerateanoveralldrivehealthstatusforthelibrary,aswellashealth
reportsforeachindividualdrive.
Enabling DLM BlueScaleDriveLifecycleManagement(DLM)is
automaticallyenabledwhenMediaLifecycleManagement(MLM)is
enabledandcannotbeusedwithoutMLM.SeeChapter8–Configuring
andUsingMediaLifecycleManagement,beginningonpage226for
detailedinformationaboutenablingandusingMLM.
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BlueScaleDriveLifecycleManagement thispage
MonitoringDriveHealthUsingDLM page273
UsingtheDriveHealthIcons page275
ViewingandSavingaDetailedDriveHealthReport page277
DownloadingtheDLMDatabase page280