Spectra T950 - BlueScale Drive Lifecycle Management; Monitoring Drive Health Using DLM

Chapter 10 — Using Drive Lifecycle Management Monitoring Drive Health Using DLM
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Drive Health Reports Ahealthiconnexttoeachdriveindicatestheoverall
healthofthedrive.Detailedreportsprovideinformationaboutthe
cartridgesthatwereloadedintothedriveandanyerrorsreported.The
DLMdatabasecontainingthehealthinformationforeverydriveinthe
libraryisbackedupwhenevertheMLMdatabaseisbackedup.The
reportscanalsobesavedandexportedasXMLfiles.
Drive Testing Ifadriveisexperiencingproblems,theDLMdrivetest
wizardletsyoutestthebasicfunctionalityofthedrive.Thistest,when
usedinconjunctionwithotherDLMdataandMLMdata,canhelpyou
determinewhetheradriveorthemediaisthesourceoftheerrorsyouare
investigating.
User Privilege Requirements Onlyauserwithsuperuseroradministrator
privilegescanaccessandusetheDLMfeatures.
MONITORING DRIVE HEALTH USING DLM
WhenDLMisenabled,theDrivesiconintheConfigurationtoolbar
changestotheDLMicon.SelectingDLMfromthetoolbardisplaysthe
Drivesscreen,whichuseshealthiconstoprovideat‐a‐glanceinformation
aboutthehealthofeachdriveinthelibrary.FromtheDrivesscreenyou
canaccessdetaileddrivehealthreportsforeachdriveinthelibrary,aswell
asdrivemanagementtools.
Figure 196 Enabling DLM changes the Drive icon in the
Configuration toolbar.