Monitoring drive status – Dell PowerVault 160T LTO2 (Tape Library) User Manual

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Maintaining Your Library: Dell PowerVault 160T Tape Library User's Guide

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available]

Recovered Scans [Robot number, if

available]

[Number of recovered scans within the history of the

library]

MCB Status

[Serial number]

Good, Degraded, Failed

RCU Status

[Serial number]

Good, Degraded, Failed

Vertical Motion

N/A

[Number of meters traveled within the history of the

library]

Horizontal

Motion

N/A

[Number of meters traveled within the history of the

library]

Recording the information in the display

1. Select Send at the bottom of the System Status dialog box.

The Email, Save, or Print Table dialog box is displayed.

2. Do one of the following:

Enter the e-mail address for a recipient into the text box after e-mail, 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.

Monitoring Drive Status

Use the Monitor—> Drives command to display detailed information about the tape drives in the currently selected partition.

If you are working in the physical library, status information for all drives is displayed.

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—> Drives.

The Drive Status dialog box is displayed.

For each drive you can view: the drive type, WWN, firmware level, loaded or not loaded, location, serial number,

and vendor.

Table 2

defines the parameters used in the dialog box.

Table 2. Monitor—> Drives Dialog Box Output

Description

Definition

Type

Drive type

WWN

For a Fibre drive, the WWN

Firmware level Drive firmware

Loaded

Current state of drive: loaded, loading, unloaded, or empty

Location

Refer to

Understanding Location Coordinates

Serial number

Drive serial number

Vendor

Drive vendor

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