Spectra T950 - Stop the Discovery Process; Using PreScan

Chapter 9 — Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle Management Using PreScan
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Stop the Discovery Process
Ifforsomereasonyouneedtointerruptthediscoveryprocessbeforeitis
complete,clickStop DiscoveryontheMediaLifecycleManagementTools
screen.ThelibrarycompletesanyMediaAutoDiscoveryorPreScan
operationsthatareinprogressandreturnsthecartridgestotheirslots.
Toresumethediscoveryprocess,repeatthestepsinDiscoverCartridges
Manuallyonpage296orwaituntilyouimportadditionalcartridgesinto
thepartitiontotriggerthediscoveryprocessautomatically.
USING PRESCAN
Overview TheMLMPreScanfeatureisabackgroundprocessthatreplaces
thedefaultMediaAutoDiscoveryprocessinpartitionswhereitisenabled;
unlikeMediaAutoDiscoveryitdoesnotoperateglobally.PreScanis
enabledwhenyouconfigurethepartition(seeEnableandConfigureMLM
PreScanandPostScanonpage199).
PreScanprovidesverificationofdatacartridgesbyperformingabasic
functionalitytestandhealthcheckoneachimportedcartridgeusing
available LTO‐4orlatergen erationdrivesorTS11x0technologydrives inthe
partition.AsapartofthePreScanprocess,anycartridgesthatarenot
alreadyintheMLMdatabaseareaddedtotheMLMdatabase.
DuringthePreScanprocess,thelibraryautomaticallyinsertseach
cartridgeintoanavailableLTO‐4orlatergenerationdrive
orTS11x0
technologydrive
assignedtothepartition.Thedriveloadsthecartridge
andchecksittodeterminewhetherithasanyofthefollowing
characteristics:
 Non‐MLM‐enabled
 Brokenordislodgedleader
 Redmediahealth
 Writeprotected
 Encryptedtapewithamonikernotcurrentlystoredinthelibrary
Figure 181 Click Stop Discovery to stop the discovery
process.