Spectra T950 - Media Tracking and Reporting

Chapter 9 — Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle Management BlueScale Media Lifecycle Management
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Manual Discovery If MediaAutoDiscovery isnotenabledorifyou
enabledMLMwhenthelibraryalreadycontainedcartridges,youcanstart
themediadiscoveryprocessmanuallytoaddthecartridgestotheMLM
database(seeDiscoverCartridgesManuallyonpage296).
Note: Afteryouenable MediaAutoDiscovery,importingacartridge
intoapartitiontriggersthediscoveryprocessinthatpartition.
Automatic Discovery During Normal Operations Automaticmedia
discoverycannotbeginwhilethelibraryisactivelyloadingcartridgesinto
drives.Ifyouimportcartridgesduringthistime,thelibrarypostsafailure
messagestatingthatnodrivesareavailable.
Toavoidthisfailure,eitherwaituntilthelibraryisidlebeforeimporting
mediaorstartthemanualdiscoveryprocessfortheimportedmediawhen
thelibraryisidle.SeeDiscoverCartridgesManuallyonpage296for
instructions.
Media Tracking and Reporting
Overview MLMusestheinformationfromthecartridge’sMAMto
maintainadatabaseofvitalinformationabouteachMLM‐enabled
cartridgeinthelibrary,includingthedrivesintowhichitwasloadedand
anyerrorsitencountered.Thestatisticalanddiagnosticinformationinthe
MLMdatabasehelpsyouproactivelymanageyourtapemediathroughout
itslife.Usingtheinformationinthedatabase,MLMcangenerateavariety
ofreportsthatletyoumonitorimportanthealthinformationaboutevery
MLM‐enableddatacartridgeandcleaningcartridgeinyourlibrary.If
desired,youcansavethereportstoaUSBdeviceoremailthemtoa
previouslyconfiguredmailuser.YoucanalsodownloadtheMLM
databaseasacomma‐separated‐value(CSV)file.
Notes:  TheMLMdatabasealsoincludeslimitedinformationabout
cartridgesthatarenotMLM‐enabled.
 ThecartridgeinventoryisseparatefromtheMLMdatabase
andonlyshowscartridgescurrentlystoredinthelibrary.The
cartridgeinventorydoesnotdifferentiatebetween
MLM‐enabledcartridgesandthosethatarenot
MLM‐enabled.
Discovery Requirement UntilanMLM‐enabledcartridgeisdiscovered,
eitherthroughtheautomaticmediadiscoveryprocessorwhenitisloaded
intoandthenunloadedfromadriveforthefirsttime,itisnotincludedin
theMLMdata ba se;noristhecapacityofanon‐discovereddatacartridge
includedontheFilledCapacitybargraphshownontheGeneralStatus
screen.