Spectra T50e - Using the Drive Health Icons

Chapter 9—Using Drive Lifecycle Management Monitoring Drive Health Using DLM
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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Using the Drive Health Icons
Thedrivehealthiconsprovideat‐a‐glancehealthstatusforthedrivesin
thelibrary.Thedrivehealthiconstateisbasedondatacollectedforthe
drivewhenthelastcartridgewasloadedinthedrive.Thisdataconsistsof
thecodepresentedonthedrive’sSCD,aswellastapealerts,anderrors
detectedatthetimethetapeisunloaded.SeeInterpretingtheSCDCodes
onpage387fordetailedinformationabouttheSCDcodesforLTOdrives.
Thefollowingtabledescribesthedrivehealthstatusicons.
Note: NotallSCDcodeshaveanassociatedDLMicon.
Clean Initiateamanualcleaningoperationforthedrive(seeManuallyCleaninga
Driveonpage439).
Note: TheCleanbuttonisonlypresentifthestoragepartitioncontainingthe
drivehasacleaningpartitionassociatedwithit.
Test UsetheDLMDriveTestwizardtotestadrive(seeUsingDLMtoTestanLTO
Driveonpage407).
Reset Resetthedrive,whichpowercyclesthedrive,runstheinternaldrive
diagnostics,andreinitializesitinthelibrary(see
ResettingaDriveonpage401).
This button... Lets you...
Icon Meaning
ThedrivehealthisGood.
Thedriveisoperatingnormally.
ThedriverequiresAttention.
UsetheSCDcodeinformationontheDriveDetailsscreentodetermine
thetypeofactionrequired.
ThedrivehealthisPoor.
Thedriveexperiencedanunrecoverableerrororproblem.UsetheSCD
codeinformationontheDriveDetailsscreentodeterminethetypeof
actionrequired.
ThedrivehealthisUnknown.Thestatusofthedrivecannotbe
determined.