Monitoring Destination Library Status; Cartridge Status And Slot Details - HP StorageWorks 9000 - Virtual Library System User Manual

Monitoring Destination Library Status

This section describes how to locate the Command View VLS automigration status messages of a
destination library. This applies to both SAN automigration libraries and LAN/WAN replication
libraries.
VLS hardware, environmental, and virtual device (library, tape drive, cartridge) status is constantly
monitored by the VLS software and displayed on the VLS web user interface, Command View VLS.
A notification alert is generated by the VLS software when a hardware or environmental failure is
detected or predicted. VLS notification alerts are displayed on the Notifications screen of Command
View VLS, and can also be sent as mail to the addresses you specify and/or as SNMP traps to the
management consoles you specify. Status is also provided, where appropriate, on some screens under
the Automigration/Replication tab.
To monitor the automigration status of a destination library:
1. Select the Automigration/Replication tab.
2. In the navigation pane, select the destination library to view. This opens the Destination Library
Details screen.
This screen displays the state of the destination library. For SAN automigration libraries the
options are Good, Degraded, Critical, Failed, or Missing; for LAN/WAN replication libraries
the options are Connected, Configuration Out of Sync, and Unreachable. The screen also provides
the name and model of the library, number of simultaneous transfers, number of slots, management
URL, and availability.
3. Expand the destination library in the navigation pane to access more specific information.

Cartridge Status and Slot Details

To view the status of the destination library's slots, expand the library in the navigation pane and
select Slots.
The Summary for Slots screen displays the barcode, cartridge status, local library, copy pool, and
last mirrored date for each slot number in use. Select a barcode from the list to see more details on
the job history and status for that barcode.
Quickly locate slots of interest using the Advanced Search. See
"Advanced Search for
You can also select Slots State Summary from the navigation pane to see which of all the possible
statuses have slots in that status; if a status is not listed, there are no slots currently in that status. The
number of slots in each status is displayed. Select a status to see a list of the specific slots in that status.
The Cartridge Status column of the Summary for Slots screen is particularly useful with echo copy
because the backup application is not aware of any copy failures. The status of the physical cartridges
in the destination library will be one of the following:
Status message
Unmanaged
Adding Cartridge
104 Automigration/Replication
Slots" on page 107.
Pool type Description
None This cartridge is not part of any pool.
Copying the header from the target cartridge to this newly created
source cartridge. If the barcode of the target cartridge exists
Echo Copy
anywhere on the VLS, it is moved into the source library for the
copy pool.