Viewing detailed lto drive information – HP Command View for Tape Libraries Software User Manual
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Hovering over each bar provides the following information:
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Native transfer rate
Date – The date for which the native transfer rate is calculated.
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Native Transfer Rate – The transfer rate of the data, after compression, transferred to/from
the tape for that particular day.
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Host Transfer rate
Date – The date for which the host transfer rate is calculated.
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Estimated Host Transfer Rate – The estimated transfer rate of the host averaged over the
data transferred from the host for that particular day.
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Compression Ratio – The weighted average of write and read compression ratio of the
data written/read to tape for that particular day.
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Utilization
Date – The date for which the utilization is calculated.
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Percent time spent pulling tape – Measure of the time that the tape drive has been pulling
tape divided by the amount of time that the tape drive has been powered on. Use this
for measuring utilization from the hardware standpoint.
The tabular view lists all of the information above. It also provides a Sample Time link that launches
a window that allows you to select a different sample time to plot; see
for details.
Click Export Report to export the graph as a PDF file either downloaded locally or sent by email.
Viewing detailed LTO drive information
The Drive Properties page contains detailed information about the identity, health, environment,
performance, and usage of a tape drive, along with detailed information about the last tape loaded
into the tape drive.
To open the Drive Properties page for a specific drive:
1.
Select the TapeAssure tab.
2.
In the Navigation panel under Drives, click Performance, Health, or Utilization to access a list
of the drives enrolled this management station.
3.
Click on the drive, then select Actions
→Properties.)
The default tab is whichever item was selected in the Navigation tree to list the drives. For
example, if you clicked on Performance, the Drive Properties page will open to the Performance
tab.
Using TapeAssure
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