This section summarizes new and enhanced features for StorageTek Tape Analytics v2.0.
New and enhanced features are described in the following manuals.
New guide that includes all minimum requirements for installing STA and using selected features
New minimum requirements to support STA v2.0
Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.3 or 6.4
New minimum library firmware levels
New drive firmware levels
Enhanced library and device support
Support for LTO-6 drives
Support for Oracle's StorageTek T10000D drives
Support for SNMP library traps 13 and 14, providing enhanced library data
Support for Tape Transport Interface (TTI) 5.40, providing enhanced data from StorageTek T10000C and T10000D drives
Upgrade process to migrate STA v1.0.x database to STA v2.0
New ability to create STA usernames from within the STA user interface
New ability to assign user roles to STA usernames
Enhanced information provided when performing a library SNMP Check/Test Connection or Get Latest Data
New guide that introduces new users to the STA application and some features of the user interface
New guide that describes how to use STA application features and interpret the data displayed by STA
New user roles that determine the screens and activities individual users can access
Enhanced Dashboard
Over 50 new graph, table, and report Dashboard portlets provide summary views of your tape library system
Highly customizable Dashboard display allows up to 30 portlets, arranged and filtered according to your specifications.
Predefined Nearline Dashboard templates provide hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly system utilization summaries.
New mobile Dashboard display
Enhanced template management
New and enhanced STA predefined templates
New Template Quick Links screen provides one-click access to predefined and custom templates.
New Templates Management screen provides system-wide management of all templates.
Users can assign their own default templates by screen.
Users can import and export templates for sharing with other users.
Enhanced Filter dialog box, providing the following abilities:
Filter by multiple exclusive or inclusive criteria
Filter for blank attribute values
Filter by user-defined logical group
Reset an applied screen filter with one click
New Executive Reports based on customized Dashboard templates
User-defined Executive Report policies allow you to specify report content and frequency.
Reports are run automatically or on demand.
Reports are generated in PDF format.
Reports can be automatically emailed to selected addresses.
New logical groups for organizing drives and media
Manual logical groups are user-maintained.
Dynamic logical groups are automatically updated based on user-defined criteria.
Logical groups can be used in defining selected policies and filters.
New alert policies and generated alerts notifying you of events and conditions in your tape library system
User-defined alert policies allow you to specify alert generation criteria and frequency.
Alerts can be automatically emailed to selected addresses.
New STA media validation feature for T10000 T1 and T2 media
Requires minimum library firmware levels and T10000C and T10000D drive firmware levels supporting TTI 5.40.
Provides automated media validations based on user-defined policies.
Provides on-demand manual validations of single or multiple media.
Media Validation Overview screen provides user management of validation requests.
Provides comprehensive reporting of validation results.
Optional automated drive calibration and qualification feature ensures validation drives are high performing.
Reorganized Navigation Bar throughout
New screen display best practices for avoiding and troubleshooting browser display issues
New user Annotations for List View table records and Dashboard. Annotation History is displayed in the Detail View.
Additional table Export formats—XLS, CSV, and PDF
New spark charts graph type used in Dashboard table portlets
New screens for library hardware components—robots, cartridge access ports (CAPs), pass-thru ports (PTPs), and elevators
New screens for Alerts and Media Validation activities
Notifications Overview and Analysis screens have been renamed to All Messages Overview and Analysis
New Messages screens for libraries, drives, and media
New data attributes
Media and Drive Health Trends
Library and library complex capacities, including media slots and drive bays
Library and library complex host request data
Data for library hardware components—robots, cartridge access ports (CAPs), pass-thru ports (PTPs), and elevators
Drive tray serial number
Drive port speed
Alerts detail and counts
Media validation data
Tape Alerts received from drives are now consistently labeled and grouped
STA processes split into three managed servers, which can be managed individually
Processed SNMP records are periodically purged from the database to minimize database growth.