Chapter 5 — Operating the Library Monitoring Your Library
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MONITORING YOUR LIBRARY
Overview TheBlueScaleuserinterfaceprovidesanumberoftoolsfor
monitoringthehealthandperformanceofthelibrary,itscomponents,and
itsmedia.Thequickestwaytoobtainimportantinformationistocheckthe
iconsandbargraphsontheGeneralStatusscreen(seeStatusBaron
page89).Theyprovideat‐a‐glanceinformationaboutthestatusofmajor
systemcomponentsandresourceusage,respectively.Theiconsonthe
statusbarprovideadditionalsystem‐levelstatusinformation.
Thefollowingtablelistswheretofind additionalinformationaboutthe
healthandperformanceofthelibrary,itscomponents,anditsmedia.
User Privilege Requirements Alluserscanviewsystemmessages,view
performancemetrics,andusetheBlueScaleVisioncamera.Theuser
privilegesrequiredtousetheothermonitoringtoolsdependonthetool.
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System Messages Eventsthatresultedinsystemmes sages
aboutthelibraryanditsoperation.
CheckandRespondtoMessages
below
Performance
Metrics
Theperformanceofyourlibraryandits
drives.
ViewDrivePerformanceStatistics
onpage166
ViewPowerConsumption
Statisticsonpage168
ViewStorageDensityStatisticson
page168
Robot Utilization
Information
Thepercentageoftimetheroboticsare
beingusedwhilethelibraryispowered
on.
ViewRobotUtilizationInformation
onpage169
Drive Status Theoperationalstatus,firmwarelevel,
andcleaningstatusofthedrives.
ViewDriveStatusInformationon
page170
UsingaGlobalSpareDriveon
page396
BlueScale Vision
Camera
Theinteriorofthelibraryusingthe
BlueScalevisioncameras.
UsetheBlueScaleVisionCameraon
page174
Media Lifecycle
Management
(MLM)
TheusageandhealthofMLM‐enabled
mediainthelibrary.
Note: MLMalsoprovideslimited
healthinformationaboutmediathatis
notMLM‐enabled.
Chapter9–ConfiguringandUsing
MediaLifecycleManagement,
beginningonpage276
Drive Lifecycle
Management (DLM)
TheusageandhealthoftheLTOdrives
inthelibrary.
Chapter10–UsingDriveLifecycle
Management,beginningonpage322
Hardware Health
Monitoring
Thehealthofkeylibrarycomponents. UsingBlueScaleHardwareHealth
Monitoringonpage358