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Chapter 9 — Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle Management Enabling MLM and Configuring Global
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3. SelecttheMLMfeaturesyouwanttouse.
Select this option... To... Default
Setting
Enable Media
Lifecycle
Management
EnabletheMediaLifecycleManagement(MLM)featuresin
thelibrary.MLMisenabledbydefault.EnablingMedia
LifecycleManagementalsoenablesDriveLifecycle
Management(DLM), whichisdescribedinChapter10–
UsingDriveLifecycleManagement,beginningonpage322.
Selected
(Enabled)
Enable Alerts for
Non-Certified
Media
ConfigureMLMtogenerateanalertmessagewhena
cartridgethatisnotMLM‐enabledisloadedintoadrive.
Notes:
 Enablingthisalertisonlyrecommendedifallofthemedia
typicallyusedinthelibraryisMLM‐enabled.
 StartingwithBlueScale12.7.01,TS11x0technology
cleaningtapesarealwaystreatedasMLM‐enabledby
theBlueScalesoftware.
Cleared
(Disabled)
Enable Alerts for
Load Count
Discrepancies
ConfigureMLMtogenerateanalertmessagewhentheload
countforthecartridgestoredintheMLMdatabasediffers
fromtheloadcountstoredonthecartridge’sMAM.
Cleared
(Disabled)
Minimum Cleaning
Passes Before
Warning
Setthethresholdfortheminimumnumberofcleaningpasses
remainingonacleaningcartridge.WhenanMLM‐enabled
cleaningcartridgereachesthisthreshold,awarningmessage
isgeneratedshowingthatthecleaningcartridgeisnearly
expired.Thewarningmessageisgeneratedeverytimethe
cleaningtapeisusedwhilethe
numbe rofcleaningsremaining
isatorbelowthethresholdvalue.
Zero(0)
Maximum Tape
Loads Before
Warning
Setthenumberoftimesatapecanbeloadedintoadrive
beforealoadcountwarningmessageisgenerated.Whenthe
numberoftapeloadsreachesthespecifiedthreshold,a
warningmessageisgenerated.Subsequentloadsdonot
generateadditionalmessages.
GenerateaLoadCountMediaLifecycleReportto
determine
thecurrentusagestatusofthemediainyourlibrary(see
UsingMLMReportingonpage308fordetailedinformation).
Note: IfyoubeganusingMLM‐enabledcartridgesbefore
youenabledMLM,someofyourmediamayalready
exceededthethresholdsyouset.
10,000loads