Spectra T950 - Address Requirements for Use

Chapter 9 — Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle Management Using PostScan
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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Updating the MLM Database
WhenthePostScanprocessonacartridgeiscomplete,thelibrarywrites
thescandateandapass/failtestresulttothecartridgeMAMandupdates
theMLMdatabasewiththescandate,thepass/failtestresult,andwhen
(orif)thenextscanshouldoccur.Thedrivethenunloadsthecartridge and
thelibraryreturnsittoitsoriginalslot.Thelibrarythenpostsasystem
messageshowingthatthecartridgewasscanned.IftheQuickScanuseda
partitiondrive,thelibraryreportsthattheunloadmoveforthebackup
operationthatprecededtheQuickScaniscomplete.
Global Spare Drive Cleaning
AfteracartridgeisunloadedfromaGlobalSparedrivefollowinga
PostScanverification,thelibrarycheckstoseeifthedriverequires
cleaning.Ifcleaningisrequiredandacleaningpartitionisassociatedwith
thestoragepartitiontowhichtheGlobalSpareisassigned,thedriveis
cleanedbeforethenextcartridgeisprocessed.
Note: Ifacleaningpartitionisnotpresent,periodicallychecktheDrive
Detailsscreenforeachdrivetodeterminewhethercleaningis
required.Ifcleaningisrequired,followtheinstructions
providedinManuallyCleaningaDriveonpage465.
Address Requirements for Use
AsyouconfigureandusePostScan,keepthefollowinginmind:
Consideration Description
Drive Firmware  LTO‐4:requires97F9orlaterfirmware.
 LTO‐5:requiresB170orlaterfirmware.
 LTO‐6:supportedwithanyfirmware.
 LTO‐7:supportedwithanyfirmware.
 TS1140technology:requires3A07orlaterfirmware.
 TS1150technology:requires460Eorlaterfirmware.
Updating MLM
Data on MAM
UpdatingthecartridgeMAMrequiresthecartridgetobewrite‐enabled.
Important: If a cartridge is write-protected when it is inserted into a drive, the
information about the cartridge is added to the MLM database, but the library
cannot update the MLM information on the cartridge’s MAM.
Drive Support for
PostScan
 LTO‐4:OnlytheFullScanoptionisavailablewhenusingLTO‐4drives.
 LTO‐5orlatergenerations:FullScan,QuickScan,andQuickScanusingGlobal
SpareareavailablewhenusingLTO‐5orlatergenerationdrives.
 TS11x0technology:FullScan,QuickScan,andQuickScanusingGlobalSpare
areavailablewhenusingTS11x0technologydrives.
Note: WhileadriveisinuseforQuickScanoperations,itisunavailabletothe
storagemanagementsoftware.