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

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Follow these steps to enable and configure BlueScale Media Lifecycle
Management (MLM).
1. Log into the library with superuser or administrator privileges.
2. From the toolbar menu, select Configuration > MLM. The MLM
3. Select Enable Media Lifecycle Management to enable MLM, and then
Option
Enable Alerts for
Non-Certified Media
Enable Alerts for
Load Count
Discrepancies
Minimum Cleaning
Passes (before
warning)
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Settings screen displays.
Figure 58 The Media Lifecycle Management Settings screen.
select the media lifecycle management events for which you want
alerts.
Note: MLM compatible media has been available from Spectra Logic
since November 2007. If you began using MLM media and MLM
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 153
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.
Sets the threshold for the minimum number cleaning passes remaining on a
cleaning cartridge. The default value is zero (0).
When a cleaning cartridge reaches threshold, a warning message is generated
showing that the cleaning cartridge is nearly expended. The warning message
is generated every time the cleaning tape is used while the number of cleans
remaining is at or below the threshold value.

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