Spectra T950 - Library Management; AutoSupport; User Security

Chapter 3 — Introducing the BlueScale User Interface Overview of the BlueScale User Interface
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Library Management
ThelibrarymanagementfeaturesintheBlueScaleuserinterfaceprovide
maximumconfigurabilityandeaseofusefortheT950library.Totakefull
advantageofthelibrary’sversatility,readthefollowingoverviewofthe
library’smanagementfeatures.
Automatic Email Alerts
SimpleMailTransferProtocol(SMTP)letsusersreceivelibrarystatus
informationviaemail.Whenthelibrarygeneratesmessagesthroughthe
librarycontroller,itautomaticallysendsemailnotificationstouserswho
areconfiguredtoreceivethem.Informationincludedinthenotification
consistsofthemessagenumber,severity,details,remedy,andthetimeit
wasgenerated.MessagetypesareInformation, Error,Warning,andFatal
(seeSystemMessagesonpage162).Youcanselectthetypesofmessages
eachlibraryuserreceives(seeConfigureMailUsersonpage118).
AutoSupport
AutoSupportguidesyouthroughtheprocessofsendingemailregarding
libraryproblems—alongwithlibrarylogsandconfiguration
information—directlytointernalsupportpersonnelorSpectraLogic
TechnicalSupport.SeeChapter11–ConfiguringandUsingAutoSupport,
beginningonpage330fordetailedinformation.
Online Access to Spectra Logic
Whenthelibraryisset upwithaccesstotheInternet,thebottomportionof
theuserinterfacewebpagedisplaystechnicaltips,allowsone‐clicka ccessto
SpectraLogic’sKnowledgeBase,streamlinestheonlineorderingofmedia
andcapacity,andmore.Onlineaccesscanbeenabledordisabledduringany

browsersession(se e
DisableOnlineAccesstoSpectraLogiconpage112).
Thesettingofonlineaccess toSpectraLogicdoesnot affectAutoSupport.
User Security
Libraryusersareassigned tooneofthreegroups,eachwithitsownsetof
pre‐definedlibraryprivileges(alsoknownaspermissions).Theseprivileges
determinethetypeofoperationsausercanperformonthelibraryandare
theprimarymeansforconfiguringlibrarysecurity.SeeConfiguringLibrary
Usersonpage101fordetailedinformationaboutusers .
Note: Anadditional,separatepasswordmustbeenteredtoaccessthe
encryptionfeatures.Seethe
SpectraTapeLibrariesEncryptionUser
Guideforinformationabouttheencryptionuser.