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Table 11 Library Read Write test details (continued)
Library Read Write test Details/Library specific test
Options •
Allow overwrite (default: FALSE) — Set to TRUE to enable test options which
write to the tape. Specifically, if MB to write is greater than 0 or Run LTO
drive assessment test
is TRUE, the test will only run if Allow overwrite
is also true.
•
Starting slot (defaults to 1) — Specifies the number of the slot where the test
will start checking for compatible tapes.
•
Number of test tapes (default: 1) — Specifies the maximum number of test
tapes to be written during the test. If tapes will be written (see Allow overwrite),
the number of test tapes is limited to the maximum of the number of drives selected
with Drive type and Drive range, or 10 tapes, whichever number is larger.
For example, if six drives are selected in a 32-drive library and the test is configured
to write tapes, then the test will limit the number of test tapes to 10. If there are 16
drives in the chosen library, the test will limit the number of test tapes to 16.
If all is selected, the test tapes will be selected from the Starting slot to the
end of the library slot range. If tapes will not be written, the maximum does not
apply.
•
Drive range (default: all) — Specifies the range of tape drives to be considered
for the test. Drive numbering starts at one. This range of drives is checked against
the specified Drive type to determine which drives will be used. For example,
1–3
selects drives 1, 2 and 3, 2 selects drive 2, and all selects all drives in the
library.
•
Drive type (default: same as drive 1) — Specifies the types of drives to include
in the test. The test will exit if the library does not a drive of the selected type.
•
MB to write (default: 0) — Specifies the amount of data to write to each tape
using a random data pattern, 64K block size, and data compression enabled. If
all
is specified, the tape will be fully written to EOM (end of media) and the
locations for early warning EOM and EOM will be published in the test results.
These locations are published as both a block number and a capacity point.
•
Run LTO drive assessment test (default FALSE) — Set to TRUE to run the
assessment test. The Enable passive test, Ignore cleaning request,
and Test coverage options configure the LTO drive assessment portion of
the Library Read Write test.
◦
Enable passive test (default: TRUE) — Specifies whether device analysis
will be run from within the drive assessment test.
◦
Ignore cleaning request (default: FALSE) — Specifies whether cleaning
requests will be checked and used as part of the test criteria.
◦
Test coverage (default: Default) — Specifies how much of the test tape will
be written during the assessment test. The choices are Default and Entire tape.
NOTE: If Run LTO drive assessment test is TRUE and Drive type is
not LTO, the test will exit.
•
Continue on drive errors (default: TRUE) — Specifies whether the test should
continue when an unexpected drive error occurs. This check does not include some
expected drive errors, such as when a drive reaches EOD before reading the
specified amount of data.
NOTE: Robotics errors will always cause the test to fail immediately.
•
Test all drive/tape combinations (default: FALSE) — Determines which
tape/drive combinations to test. For example, with four selected drives and four
selected tapes, if Test all drive/tape combinations is FALSE, four
tape/drive combinations will be tested, but if Test all drive/tape
combinations
is TRUE, 16 tape/drive combinations will be tested.
If Number of test tapes is set to 1, the test will use all tape/drive combinations,
regardless of how the Test all drive/tape combinations test option is
set so that each of the selected tape drives will be tested.
•
Number of iterations (default: 1) — Specifies the number of times the test
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