Report Trends in Drive Failures

STA User Interface Guide, v1.0.2

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Using STA to Answer Tape Environment Questions : Drive and Media Health Questions : ▼ Report Trends in Drive Failures

▼	Report Trends in Drive Failures

This procedure addresses the question, “Is the drive that failed twice today the same one that caused problems two months ago?”

If the drive errors appear in the Notifications or Exchanges tables, you can filter the tables by drive ID and then look at current and historical data. The Exchanges table, in particular, allows you to select data for a specific time period.

Referenced Tasks

•	“Collapse and Restore the Graphics Area”

•	“Use the Filter Data Dialog Box to Change a Table Filter”

1.	In the Navigation Bar, select Libraries > Exchanges.

2.	To view more of the table data at once, click the Collapse Pane icon in the middle of the screen to expand the table vertically.

3.	Use the following steps to narrow down the data to exchanges that occurred between four and five months ago involving the suspect drive.

a.	Click Filter Data.

b.	Complete the Filter Data dialog box as follows:

•	In the “Filter Matching” field, select “Match ALL entered criteria”.

•	In the “Exchange Start” field, select “Is After” and enter a date three months ago.

•	In the “Drive Serial Number” field, select “Is” and enter the serial number of the drive with errors.

•	In the “Exchange End” date, select “Is Before” and enter a date two months ago.

Note – If your site has exchanges that last more than a day, you may need to adjust your date settings to encompass complete exchanges involving the drive in question.

c.	Click Apply.

The table is updated according to your selection criteria.

4.	Visually scan the data to determine whether the drive experienced exchanges with errors during this period.

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