Spectra T950 - Implementation Guidelines; Usage Policy Guidelines

Appendix A — Best Practices MLM Best Practices
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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Implementation Guidelines
Considerthefollowingbestpracticeguidelinesasyouprepareto
implementMLMinyourenvironment.
Usage Policy Guidelines
ConsiderthefollowingguidelineswhenestablishingyourMediaLifecycle
Managementpolicies.
Guideline Description
Identify the people
responsible for backing up
data
Thepeoplewhoperformdatabackupatyoursitearetypicallythe
oneswhoareresponsibleforimplementingandfollowingMLM
backupprocedures.
Identify the users who have
responsibilities that involve
MLM
Itmaybewisetohavemorethanasingleuserfamiliarwithpolicies,
dependingonthesizeofyourorganization,sothatifonepersonis
notavailable,anothercantakeover.
Be consistent with partition
names
Usingconsistentnamingsimplifiesidentifyingaspecificpartition.
Spectra’ssuggestednamingpracticeistolistthelocation,followed
bythelibraryname,followedbythestoragemanagementsoftware.
Forexample,Dallas/T950/NetBackup.
On an organizational level,
determine the level of
management your media
requires
Thelevelofmediamanagementdependsontherequirementsfor
yourenvironment.Forexample,youmaychoosetouseSpectra’s
guidelinesforretirementforallmedia,oryoumaychoosetoretire
tapesthatholdfinancialorlegaldatasoonerthanrecommended.
SeetheErrorandWarninghealthscoresinGenerate
MLMReports
onpage308forinformationonwhencartridgesshouldberetired.
Guideline Description
Choose a retirement guideline WhenimplementingMLM,decideatthebeginningonthecriteriato
beusedwhendeterminingwhentoretireacartridge.
SpectrasuggestsusingtheMediaLifecycleManagementhealth
icon,visibleontheMLMReportsscreenandontheDetailsscreen
(Figure186onpage310andFigure187onpage
312,respectively)
foreachtape,toassesstheoverallhealthofindividualtapes.See
GenerateMLMReportsonpage308forinformationaboutusingthe
healthicontoassessmediahealth.
Only use MLM-enabled media
and cleaning cartridges in
MLM-compatible libraries and
drives
Forthemostaccuratetracking,donotimportyourMLM‐enabled
mediaintonon‐SpectraLogiclibrariesordrivegenerationsearlier
thanLTO‐4.ThecartridgeMAMisnotupdatedwithinformation
aboutusageinthoselocations.Asaresult,theinformationabout
usageinthoselocationsisnotrecordedin
theMLMdatabasewhen
thecartridgeisreturnedtoyourlibrary.