Spectra TFinity User Manual page 297

Chapter 9 — Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle Management
3. Select the MLM features you want to use.
Select this option...
Enable Media
Lifecycle
Management
Enable Alerts for
Non-Certified
Media
Enable Alerts for
Load Count
Discrepancies
Minimum Cleaning
Passes Before
Warning
Maximum Tape
Loads Before
Warning
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To...
Enable the Media Lifecycle Management (MLM) features in
the library. MLM is enabled by default. Enabling Media
Lifecycle Management also enables Drive Lifecycle
Management (DLM), which is described in Chapter 10 –
Using Drive Lifecycle Management, beginning on page 330.
Configure MLM to generate an alert message when a
cartridge that is not MLM‐enabled is loaded into a drive.
Notes:
 Enabling this alert is only recommended if all of the media
typically used in the library is MLM‐enabled.
 Starting with BlueScale12.7.04, TS11xx technology cleaning
tapes are always treated as MLM enabled by the BlueScale
software.
Configure MLM to generate an alert message when the load
count for the cartridge stored in the MLM database differs
from the load count stored on the cartridge's MAM.
Set the threshold for the minimum number of cleaning passes
remaining on a cleaning cartridge. When an MLM‐enabled
cleaning cartridge reaches this threshold, a warning message
is generated showing that the cleaning cartridge is nearly
expired. The warning message is generated every time the
cleaning tape is used while the number of cleanings remaining
is at or below the threshold value.
Set the number of times a tape can be loaded into a drive
before a load count warning message is generated. When the
number of tape loads reaches the specified threshold, a
warning message is generated. Subsequent loads do not
generate additional messages.
Generate a Load Count Media Lifecycle Report to determine
the current usage status of the media in your library (see
Using MLM Reporting on page 316 for detailed information).
If you began using MLM‐enabled cartridges before
Note:
you enabled MLM, some of your media may already exceeded
the thresholds you set.
Enable MLM and Configure Settings
User Guide—Spectra TFinity Library
Default
Setting
Selected
(Enabled)
Cleared
(Disabled)
Cleared
(Disabled)
Zero (0)
10,000 loads
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