HP StoreEver TapeAssure Software - Manual (Page 72)

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Load/Unload Life (%Life Remaining)—Remaining Load/Unload life of the cartridge as a
percentage of its recommended life.
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Max Internal Temperature—Maximum temperature encountered by the cartridge during its
lifetime (while in a drive).
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Effective Capacity—A measure of the amount of tape used to write high quality data to the
tape over its lifetime. Even if a warning is reported, the data will still have been written at
high quality (unless the tape reported an error), though more tape was used to do so than
recommended by HP. Note that a warning will normally trigger an alert. If appropriate,
maintenance recommendations are made, such as checking for Write Quality problems with
drives, or retiring the tape.
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Service Action—A recommendation for service based on the health criteria. More than one
service action may apply; hover over the entry with the mouse to see a tool tip containing all
recommended service actions for the drive.
For information on searching for a specific tape, see “Searching for a specific tape” (page 72) .
Viewing tape utilization
The TapeAssure tape utilization panel lists:
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Tape Status—The current status or availability of a tape. Possible values are Available, Vaulted,
and Retired. Available tapes are those currently residing in a tape library and available for
use.
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Barcode—The external barcode on the tape cartridge.
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Tape Serial Number—The serial number that uniquely identifies the tape cartridge. Defined
by the tape manufacturer.
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Library Serial Number—The hostname of the server to which the drive is attached, highlighted
with an asterisk (*).
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Cartridge Type—The vendor ID and data format supported by the cartridge.
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Loads/Unloads (In Sample Time)—The number of times this tape has been loaded into a drive
in the specified time period.
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Data Written (In Sample Time) —- The amount of data written to the tape during the selected
time window.
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Data Read (In Sample Time)—The amount of data read from the tape during the selected time
window.
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Capacity Used (At last sample)—Amount of the native capacity that contains data.
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Last Sample Time—The time at which the last sample was taken.
When a management station is reconnected to the network after more than 24 hours offline, the
utilization panel display can be inaccurate. The TapeAssure data queued up on active drives and
libraries arrives in bulk. To display a more accurate utilization, select Actions
→Choose Sample
Time, and choose the next longest time frame (7 days or more).
For information on searching for a specific tape, see “Searching for a specific tape” (page 72) .
Searching for a specific tape
To search for a specific tape:
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Select Actions
→Search to display the Search dialog box.
2. Type or select the appropriate search criteria. For example, type the appropriate information
in the Tape Serial Number or Barcode field.
Use more than one of the criteria to further narrow the search.
3. Click OK.
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