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Option Overview
Thefollowingtableprovidesanoverviewoftheoptionsavailableunder
eachtoolbar.Figure43onpage88showsthesequenceofthescreensunder
eachoption.
Tool ba r Available Options
General TheGeneraltoolbar(showninFigure42onpage84)providesaccesstothe
mostfrequentlyusedlibraryscreensandcontrols:
General Status—Displaysthecurrentstatusforallofthemajorlibrary
componentsfortheselectedlibrarypartition.Movingthecursoroverthe
nameofacomponenthighlightsthecomponentinthesystemgraphic.
ClickDrivestodisplaytheDrivesscreenformoredetailedinformation
aboutthestatusofthedrives(see
ViewDriveStatusInformationon
page170).TheDrivesscreencanalsobeaccessedfromtheConfiguration
toolbar(seeConfigurationonpage86).
ClickRoboticstodisplaytheRoboticsStatusscreen,whichprovidesaccess
totheToolsandUsagetabs.SelecttheToolstabtoaccesstheRunAll
MotionBasicTestsdiagnostic(see
TestingtheRoboticsonpage382).Select
theUsagetabtoaccesstheRobotUtilizationfeature(seeViewRobot
UtilizationInformationonpage169).
ClickMediatodisplaytheInventoryscreen,whichisalsoaccessedfrom
theInventoryoptionontheGeneraltoolbar.
ClickFilled CapacitytodisplaytheMediaLifecycleManagementReport
screen,whichisalsoaccessedfromtheMediaLifecycleManagement
optionontheGeneralStatusscreen.
Inventory— DisplaystheInventoryscreen,whichshowsthelibrary’smedia
inventoryinformation.UsethecontrolsontheInventoryscreentolocate
individualcartridgesandmovemagazinesandcartridgesfromonelocation
inthelibrarytoanother.See
Chapter8–UsingtheCartridgeInventory,
beginningonpage256,tolearnabouttheoptionsavailablefromthisscreen.
Import/Export—DisplaystheImport/Exportscreen,whichprovidescontrols
forimporting,exporting,andexchangingmagazinesandcartridges.See
ImportandExportOverviewonpage224tolearnaboutusingtheoptions
availablefromthisscreen.
Note: TheImport/Exportoptionisnotavailablewhen accessingthelibrary
remotelyusingtheBlueScalewebinterface.
Metrics—Displaysscreensthatshowthemetricsfordriveperformance,
powerconsumption,andstoragedensityforthemediatypesinthelibrary.
See
UsePerformanceMetricsonpage166forinformationaboutviewingthe
metricsavailableforthelibrary.
Media Lifecycle Management—DisplaystheMediaLifecycleManagement
Reportscreen,whichprovidescontrolsforgeneratingmedialifecycle
reports.See
UsingMLMReportingonpage308tolearnaboutusingthe
optionsavailablefromthisscreen.