Dell PowerVault 160T LTO2 (Tape Library) - Manual (Page 63)

Maintaining Your Library: Dell PowerVault 160T Tape Library User's Guide
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you are working in the physical library, you can view status information for all media. Because the number of media in a
physical or partition can be quite large, you can select a subset of the available slots.
1. If you have created a partition, use the View menu to select the appropriate library or partition. To find out how to do
so, refer to Selecting a Library or Partition .
2. Select Monitor—> Media.
The Media Status dialog box is displayed.
For each cartridge, you can view: media ID, media type, the location, and the number of mounts. Table 8
explains the information that the dialog box displays.
Table 8. Monitor—> Media Dialog Box Output
Description Definition
Media ID The cartridge barcode
Media Type A format/size of media, for example, LTO
Location Refer to Understanding Location Coordinates
# Mounts [Number of mounts within the history of the library]
Selecting a Subset of Media
The top of the Media Status dialog box consists of scroll boxes that can be set to filter out media for which you do not want
to check status. This area is labeled Filter.
1. Do one of the following things:
Type the barcode associated with a particular cartridge into the Media ID text box. Or use the media filter to
perform a search for media IDs that match or contain a particular pattern. For, the media ID filter could be set
to "J00*" (without the quotation marks) to produce a list of cartridges containing the string "J00" in their
barcodes.
To limit the selection to the specified media type, select the arrow beside the Media Type scroll box. Select a
number to replace the default value.
2. Select Show.
Recording the Information in the Display
1. Select the Send button in the Filter area of the Slots Status dialog box.
The Email, Save, or Print Table dialog box is displayed.
2. Do one of the following things:
Enter the e-mail address for a recipient into the text box after Email, then select OK.
NOTE: If you have not previously configured e-mail settings, go to Configuring E-mail Settings . Then
return to this section.
Enter a filename into the text box after the Save option. Use the file browser to save to the location you want.
Select Print.
NOTE: You can e-mail, save, and print from a remote client. You can only e-mail from the local client.
3. Select OK to send.
Maintenance Actions for All Users