Spectra T50e - Appendix A - Best Practices; Est Ractices; Implementation Guidelines; Usage Policy Guidelines

Appendix A—Best Practices MLM Best Practices
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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MLM BEST PRACTICES
ToeffectivelyuseMLMandensurethattheMLMandDLMdatabasesare
protected,planastrategybasedonyourdatacenterneedsanddevelop
policiesandprocedurestosupportthatstrategy.Havingsound
managementpoliciesandproceduresformediarotationandmanagement
isessentialforconsistent,effectiveimplementation.
Implementation Guidelines
Considerthefollowingbestpracticeguidelinesasyouprepareto
implementMLMinyourenvironment.
Usage Policy Guidelines
ConsiderthefollowingguidelineswhenestablishingyourMediaLifecycle
Managementpolicies.

Guideline Description
Identify the people
responsible for backing up
data
Thepeoplewhoperformdatabackupatyoursitearetypicallythe
oneswhoareresponsibleforimplementingandfollowingMLM
backupprocedures.
Identify the users who have
responsibilities that involve
MLM
Itmaybewisetohavemorethanasingleuserfamiliarwithpolicies,
dependingonthesizeofyourorganization,sothatifonepersonis
notavailable,anothercantakeover.
Be consistent with partition
names
Usingconsistentnamingsimplifiesidentifyingaspecificpartition.
Spectra’ssuggestednamingpracticeistolistthelocation,followed
bythelibraryname,followedbythestoragemanagementsoftware.
Forexample,Dallas/T50e/Netbackup.
On an organizational level,
determine the level of
management your media
requires
Thelevelofmediamanagementdependsontherequirementsfor
yourenvironment.Forexample,youmaychoosetouseSpectra’s
guidelinesforretirementforallmedia,oryoumaychoosetoretire
tapesthatholdfinancialorlegaldatasoonerthanrecommended.
SeetheErrorandWarninghealthscoresin
GenerateMLMReports
onpage255forinformationonwhencartridgesshouldberetired.
Guideline Description
Select a retirement guideline WhenimplementingMLM,decideatthebeginningonthecriteriato
beusedwhendeterminingwhentoretireacartridge.
SpectrasuggestsusingtheMediaLifecycleManagementhealth
icon,visibleontheMLMReportsscreen(
Figure160onpage255)
andontheDetailsscreen(Figure161onpage257)foreachtape,to
assesstheoverallhealthofindividualtapes.SeeGenerateMLM
Reportsonpage255forinformationaboutusingthehealthiconto
assessmediahealth.