Viewing Health Status; Viewing Cartridge Wear; Viewing Write Protection And Tape Security Status - Quantum DLT S4 Quick Start Manual

StorageCare Sage Dashboard and StorageCare
Figure 2 Status Tab

Viewing Health Status

Viewing Cartridge Wear

Viewing Write Protection
and Tape Security Status
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0 Drive and media health is shown via the
a short description of the problem is displayed, along with a
button to find what actions you can take to address the issue.
Cartridge wear is based on number of load/unload cycles, number of times the tape
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heads have passed over the same surface on the media, and number of hours the cartridge
has spent being read from or written to. The percentage of wear is shown in the Cartridge
Wear progress bar. The progress bar turns yellow at 75% and red at 90%. When cartridge
wear reaches 100%, the cartridge needs to be replaced.
The Write Protection status tells you if the media is write-protected with the manually
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adjustable write-protect tab on the cartridge. If the write-protect tab is in the write-protect
position, the status shows ON. (See the tape drive product manual for instructions on
setting the write-protect tab.)
The Tape Security status tells you if the media is protected with a Secure Key and what
the security status is (status shows NONE, LOCKED, or UNLOCKED).
Note: Some backup systems cannot identify Secure Keys. They will indicate that a
cartridge is "write protected" if it has a Secure Key, even if the write-protect
tab is not set. If you get the "write protected" message, ensure the write-
protect tab is disabled; then, if that does not correct the error, check the
StorageCare Sage Dashboard Tape Security status.
icons. If the drive or media is not healthy,
Health
Using the Status Tab
button. Click the
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