Configure Media Lifecycle Management - Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T50e User Manual

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Before enabling (or disabling) Media Lifecycle Management, make sure that none of
Important
the tape drives in the library contain any media. Use your application software unload
media from the drives and return it to the slots in the storage pool.
Follow these steps to configure BlueScale Media Lifecycle Management.
1. Log into the library with superuser or administrator privileges.
2. From the toolbar menu, select Configuration > MLM. The Media
3. Select Enable Media Lifecycle Management to enable MLM.
4. Select the MLM events for which you want alerts.
Option
Enable Alerts for
Non-Certified Media
Enable Alerts for
Load Count
Discrepancies
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Lifecycle Management Settings screen displays.
Figure 127 The Media Lifecycle Management Settings screen.
Note: MLM compatible media has been available from Spectra Logic
since November 2007. If you began using MLM-capable media
and cleaning cartridges before BlueScale MLM became available,
some of your media may have already exceeded the thresholds
you set.
Generate a Load Count Media Lifecycle Report to display the
current usage status of the media in your library (see
Lifecycle Management on page
Description
Generates an alert message when tapes that are not Spectra Logic Certified
Media are loaded into a tape drive.
Generates an alert message when the load count for the cartridge stored in the
MLM database differs from the load count stored on the cartridge memory
chip.

Configure Media Lifecycle Management

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