Hp smart components, Performance assessment tools, Optimizing performance – HP StoreEver Ultrium Tape Drives User Manual
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TapeAssure health monitoring (Windows only from 5.0 onwards): look out for any concerns
from your backups using the red/yellow/green indicators on the screen. The yellow indicator
is used when there is still margin available so often gives you a chance to react before backups
start failing.
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TapeAssure performance and utilisation information (Windows only from 5.0 onwards): use
this information to find out if you are making the most of your backup system or to measure
the effect of any configuration changes you make.
Full details on how to use L&TT are available from the L&TT user guide available from the website
or from the help button in the Windows version.
HP SMART components
HP Tape Smart Components provide easy to use driver and firmware updates. They are available
as free downloads from:
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HP Storage Tape Drivers for Microsoft Windows
This utility will automatically install the SCSI, SAS, Fibre Channel, and USB drivers for HP
Storage Ultrium and DAT tape drives, tape autoloaders, and tape libraries for systems running
Microsoft Windows.
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HP Storage Tape Firmware for Microsoft Windows
This utility will automatically upgrade the SCSI, SAS and USB firmware for HP Storage Ultrium
and DAT tape drives for systems running Microsoft Windows.
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HP Storage Tape Firmware for Linux
This utility will automatically upgrade the SCSI, SAS, and USB firmware for HP Storage Ultrium
and DAT tape drives for systems running RedHat Enterprise Linux and Novell SuSe Linux
Enterprise Server.
Performance Assessment Tools
NOTE:
We strongly recommend that you check the information on our web site at
This contains detailed support information that will enable you to
identify bottlenecks and take full advantage of the performance capabilities of the LTO Ultrium
family of tape drives.
You can use our free, standalone performance assessment tools to check tape performance and
test whether your disk subsystem can supply data at the maximum transfer rate.
The tools are located online at
. They are also integrated into
HP Library & Tape Tools, which is available both online (
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and on the CD-ROM supplied with your tape drive.
Optimizing performance
Various factors can affect tape drive performance, particularly in a network environment. In nearly
all cases when performance is not as expected, it is the data rates of the disk subsystem that cause
the bottleneck.
If your tape drive is not performing as well as expected—for example, if backup windows are
longer than expected—please try the tools and consider the following points before contacting HP
Support at
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HP SMART components
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