Spectra T50e - Monitoring Drive Health Using Dlm

Chapter 9—Using Drive Lifecycle Management Monitoring Drive Health Using DLM
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Drive Health Reports Ahealthiconnexttoeachdriveindicatestheoverall
healthofthedrive.Detailedreportsprovideinformationaboutthe
cartridgesthatwereloadedintothedriveandanyerrorsreported.The
DLMdatabasecontainingthehealthinformationforeverydriveinthe
libraryisbackedupwhenevertheMLMdatabaseisbackedup.The
reportscanalsobesavedandexportedasXMLfiles.
Drive Testing Ifadriveisexperiencingproblems,theDLMdrivetest
wizardletsyoutestthebasicfunctionalityofthedrive.Thistest,when
usedinconjunctionwithotherDLMdataandMLMdata,canhelpyou
determinewhetheradriveorthemediaisthesourceoftheerrorsyouare
investigating.
User Privilege Requirements Onlyauserwithsuperuseroradministrator
privilegescanaccessandusetheDLMfeatures.SeeUnderstandingUser
GroupsandSecurityonpage96forinformationaboutthethreetypesof
usergroupsandwhattypesofprivilegeseachhas.
MONITORING DRIVE HEALTH USING DLM
WhenDLMisenabled,theDrivesiconintheConfigurationmenuchanges
totheDLMicon.
Figure 176 Enabling DLM changes the Drive icon to a DLM
icon in the Configuration menu.