Spectra T950 - Using the Drive Health Icons

Chapter 10 — Using Drive Lifecycle Management Monitoring Drive Health Using DLM
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EachbuttonontheDrivesscreenletsyouperformadditionaloperations.
Using the Drive Health Icons
Thedrivehealthiconsprovideat‐a‐glancehealthstatusforthedrivesin
thelibrary.Theiconsappearonthefollowingscreens,aswellasinthe
drivehealthreports(see
ViewingandSavingaDetailedDriveHealth
Reportonpage326).
This button... Lets you...
Drive Traces CollectdrivetracesforLTO‐5andlatergenerationdrives(seeUsetheDrive
TracesButtononpage401).
Note: TheDriveTracesbuttonisnotsupportedforTS11x0technology
drives.
Drive Performance
Monitoring
Displaythedriveperformancestatisticsscreen(seeViewDrivePerformance
Statisticsonpage166).
Note: ThisbuttonisonlypresentwhenDrivePerformancemonitoringis
enabled(see
EnableDrivePerformanceMonitoringonpage112).
Drive Firmware
Update
Useoneormorefirmwareupdate(codeload)tapesstoredinthepartition’s
entry/exitpooltoupdatethefirmwareforselecteddrives(seeUpdatingDrive
Firmwareonpage468).
Remove
Replace
Add
Removeorreplaceadrivethatisalreadyinthelibrary(seeAddingor
ReplacingaDriveonpage490).IfaDBAhasanemptydrivebay,theAdd
buttonpowersonanewlyinstalleddriveandinitializesitinthelibrary.
Note: TheAddbuttonisonlypresentifaDBAlocationdoesnotcontainadrive.
Detail Viewdetailedinformationabouttheselecteddrive(seeViewingandSavinga
DetailedDriveHealthReportonpage326).
Test UsetheDLMDriveTestwizardtotestadrive(seeUsingDLMtoTestaDrive
onpage427).
Reset Resetthedrive,whichpowercyclesthedrive,runstheinternaldrive
diagnostics,andreinitializesitinthelibrary(seeResettingaDriveonpage395).
The health icon on this screen... Indicates...
General Status Theoveralldrive healthfor
theselectedpartition.
Note: Thedrivehealthicon
ontheGeneralStatusscreen
reflectsthelowesthealth
scoreforthedrivesinthe
partitionbeingviewed.