Spectra T950 - BlueScale Media Lifecycle Management; Spectra Certified MLM-Enabled Media

Chapter 9 — Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle Management BlueScale Media Lifecycle Management
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BLUESCALE MEDIA LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT
ThissectiondescribesthemajorfeaturesofBlueScaleMediaLifecycle
Management(MLM).Theremainderofthechapterprovidesdetailed
informationaboutconfiguringandusingMLM.
Note: MLMissupportedforTS11x0technologydrivesandLTO‐4and
latergenerationdrivesandcompatiblemedia.
Overview BlueScaleMediaLifecycleManagement(MLM)helpsyou
manageyourtapemedia(cartridges)bygivingyoutoolstoproactively
detectpotentialmediaerrorswellbeforetheyhappen.Whenusedin
combinationwithSpectraCertifiedMLM‐enabledmedia,MLMletsyou
manage,track,andreportallfacetsoftapeusagefromcreationto
retirement.WhenusedwithmediathatisnotMLM‐enabled,MLMtracks
andreportsthegeneralhealthofthemedia.
Spectra Certified MLM-Enabled Media
MediaLifecycleManagementstartswithpackaged,barcodelabeled,
SpectraCertifiedMLM‐enabledmedia(LTO‐4andlatergenerationdata
cartridgesandLTOcleaning cartridgesorTS11x0technologydata
cartridges).Beforeshipment,SpectraLogicwritesbaselinedatatothe
MAM(MediumAuxiliaryMemory) embeddedineachcartridge.
Throughoutitslife,thecartridge
MAMcontinuallycollectsdatatosupport
MLMtrackingandreporting.See
SpectraCertifiedMediaonpage525for
additionalinformation.
Note: StartingwithBlueScale12.7.01,TS11x0technologycleaningtapes
arealwaystreatedasMLM‐enabledbytheBlueScalesoftware.
UsingMLMReporting page308
GenerateMLMReports page308
SaveanMLMReport page312
OverrideaPoorCartridgeHealthReport page314
ManagingtheMLMDatabase page315
BackUptheMLMandDLMDatabases page316
VerifytheDatabaseBackupFile page318
DeleteMLMRecordsFromtheDatabase page318
DownloadtheMLMDatabaseforAnalysisand
Archival
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