Attribute

Definition

Volume Serial Number (VSN)

Volume serial number (VSN or volser) assigned to the media by its external label. If the library does not supply the volser, STA provides one composed of Library Serial Number:Physical Address.

Note – This field links to the Media – Overview screen, detail view, which displays all available detail for this media. See “Media Overview and Analysis Screens”.

Media Manufacturer Serial Number

Media serial number assigned by the manufacturer.

Note – STA does not have this information until the media has been mounted in a drive.

Media Health Indicator

Media health. This is a point-in-time value computed by STA analytics. It reflects a variety of factors, such as the media’s error history, read margin, and write efficiency.

This value includes all data up to and including the last completed exchange. It is updated immediately after each completed exchange involving this media.

Possible values, in order of degrading health:

Note – STA only receives information about errors detected by a drive while performing read/write activity to the media. STA does not receive information about errors that may occur in the data path or host applications.

WORM/VolSafe Media

Indicates whether the media uses StorageTek VolSafe technology. STA does not know the status until the media has been mounted. Possible values: Yes or No. Blank indicates unknown.

Cleaning Media

Indicates whether this is a cleaning media, as determined by the media domain and type. Possible values: Yes or No.

Note – Not all cleaning media have a volser starting with “CLN”.