Spectra T950 - Additional MLM Features

Chapter 9 — Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle Management BlueScale Media Lifecycle Management
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 Youcannotperformanyofthefollowingoperationswhileeithera
FullScanoraQuickScanthatusesGlobalSparedrivesisrunningina
partition:
 Importcartridgesintoorexportcartridgesfromthelibrary
 UsetheBlueScaleuserinterfacetomoveacartridgefromone
locationtoanother
 UsetheGlobalSparedrivebeingusedbyPostScantoreplacea
malfunctioningdriveinthepartition
 Changethelibraryconfigurationsettings
 Createormodifypartitions
 UpdateBlueScalesoftwareorthedrivefirmware
Ifyouneedtoperformanyoftheseoperationsorifyouneedtoreset
thelibrary,youcanpausethePostScanprocessforonehour(seePause
thePostScanProcessonpage307).Thelibraryreturnsanycartridges
currentlybeingscannedtotheiroriginallocations.Afteranhour
passes,thelibrarycheckstheprerequisitesforstartingPostScan(see
PrerequisitesforStartingaPostScanOperationonpage300)andwhen
met,restartsthePostScanoperationonthetapethatwasbeingverified
atthetimeoftheinterruption.
Additional MLM Features
Inadditiontothefeaturesdescribedintheprevioussections,MLM
providesthefollowingfeatures(listedinalphabeticalorder):
Broadcast Capacity TheBroadcastCapacityoptionchangesthecapacity
displayedontheGeneralStatusscreentoshowbroadcast‐centrichoursof
programmingusedandhoursofprogrammingremaininginsteadofraw
capacity(seeConfigureHowStorageCapacityDisplaysonpage291).
Database Management Managementtoolsletyoumanuallydeleteoneor
moretaperecordsfromtheMLMdatabasewhenthetapeisretiredor
permanentlyexportedfromthelibrary.YoucanalsodownloadtheMLM
databaseasacomma‐separated‐value(CSV)fileandopenthefileinany
softwareapplicationthatsupportsthistypeoffile(forexample,
spreadsheetsoftware).