Check And Respond To Messages - Spectra TFinity User Manual

Chapter 5 — Operating the Library
The following table lists where to find additional information about the
health and performance of the library, its components, and its media.
Check...
System Messages
Performance
Metrics
Drive Status
BlueScale Vision
Camera
Media Lifecycle
Management
(MLM)
Drive Lifecycle
Management (DLM)
Hardware Health
Monitoring
User Privilege Requirements All users can view system messages, view
performance metrics, and use the BlueScale Vision camera. The user
privileges required to use the other monitoring tools depend on the tool.

Check and Respond to Messages

Check the library's system messages regularly. These messages provide
important information about the library, its operation, and any library
problems. Reviewing the messages is the first step in troubleshooting.
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To monitor...
Events that resulted in system messages
about the library and its operation.
The performance of your library and its
drives.
The status, firmware level, and cleaning
status of the drives. The Drive Details
for each Fibre Channel drive shows the
World Wide Name (WWN) for the
drive.
The interior of the library using the
BlueScale Vision cameras.
The usage and health of MLM‐enabled
media in the library.
Note: MLM also provides limited
health information about media that is
not MLM‐enabled.
The usage and health of the drives in
the library.
The health of key library components.
Note: When you configure mail users, you can specify which types of
system messages the library automatically emails to each mail
user. See Configure Mail Users on page 120 for detailed
information.
Check and Respond to Messages
For details, see...
Check and Respond to Messages on
page 159

View Drive Performance Statistics
on page 162

View Power Consumption
Statistics on page 164

View Storage Density Statistics on
page 164

View Drive Status Information on
page 165

Using a Global Spare Drive on
page 403
Use the BlueScale Vision Camera on
page 173
Chapter 9 – Configuring and Using
Media Lifecycle Management,
beginning on page 284
Chapter 10 – Using Drive Lifecycle
Management, beginning on page 330
Using BlueScale Hardware Health
Monitoring on page 367
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