Monitoring Drive Health Using Dlm - Spectra TFinity User Manual

Chapter 10 — Using Drive Lifecycle Management
Drive Health Reports A health icon next to each drive indicates the overall
health of the drive. Detailed reports provide information about the
cartridges that have been loaded into the drive and any errors reported.
The DLM database containing the health information for every drive in the
library is backed up whenever the MLM database is backed up. The
reports can also be saved and exported as XML files.
Drive Testing If a drive is experiencing problems, the DLM drive test
wizard lets you test the basic functionality of the drive. This test, when
used in conjunction with other DLM data and MLM data, can help you
determine whether a drive or the media is the source of the errors you are
investigating.
User Privilege Requirements Only a user with superuser or administrator
privileges can access and use the DLM features.
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When DLM is enabled, the Drives icon in the Configuration toolbar
changes to the DLM icon. Selecting DLM from the toolbar displays the
Drives screen, which uses health icons to provide at‐a‐glance information
about the health of each drive in the library. From the Drives screen you
can access detailed drive health reports for each drive in the library, as well
as drive management tools.
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Figure 200 Enabling DLM changes the Drive icon in the
Configuration toolbar.
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