6 Media Overview and Analysis Screens

The Media – Overview and Media – Analysis screens show attributes related to media. There is one set of attributes for StorageTek enterprise media and a slightly different set for LTO media.

The media attributes are organized into the following sections.

• "Title"

• "Media Details"

• "Most Recent Exchange"

• "Media Data Activity Counts (Last 30 Days)"

• "Current Home Media Location"

• "Drive"

• "Additional Exchange Information for LTO Media"

• "Additional Exchange Information for Enterprise Media"

• "Library Complex"

• "Cleaning Usage"

• "User-Provided Information"

• "Media Validation Information for Enterprise Media"

• "Calibration Information for Enterprise Media"

Media Overview Detail Views

Detail for Enterprise Media (part  1)

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Detail for Enterprise Media (part  2)

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Detail for LTO Media (part 1)

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Detail for LTO Media (part 2)

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Title

Values for these attributes are assigned when STA first starts tracking the media.

• Media

• Monitored since

Media Details

Details about a data or cleaning media.

• Volume Serial Number

• Media Type

• Media Long Type

• STA Supported

• Media Health

• Media Health Trend

• WORM/VolSafe Media

• Media Manufacturer Serial Number

• STA Start Tracking

• STA Stop Tracking

• Media Entered Library

• Media Ejected from Library

Most Recent Exchange

Details about the most recent exchange for the media.

• Last Exchange Start

• Exchange Elapsed Time

• Exchange Mount Time

• Exchange Library Name

• Exchange Recording Technique

• Media Exchange Status

• Exchange Tape Alerts – Severe

• Exchange Tape Alerts – Warning

• Exchange Tape Alerts – Info

• Media Suspicion Level

• Exchange Drive Cleaning Required

• Media Life Indicator

• Media EOL Percentage

• Mount R/W MB/sec

• Data Compression Ratio

• Duplicate Detected

• Alert: Media Cart Memory Failure

• Alert: Media Load Limit

Media Data Activity Counts (Last 30 Days)

Total activity counts for the media over the last 30 days. This section appears only for data media.

• Media Dismounts

• Dismounts With Errors

• MV Count

• Media Alert Count

• MB Read

• MB Write

• MB R/W

• MB Sent

• MB Received

• Avg Mount Read MB/sec

• Avg Mount Write MB

• Avg Mount R/W MB/sec

Current Home Media Location

Details about the media's current location, as of the last completed exchange.

• Media Library Name

• Media Library Serial Number

• Media Library Number

• Media Rail Number

• Media Physical Address

• Media HLI Address

• Media Slot SCSI Element ID

Drive

Details about the drive involved in the latest exchange.

• Drive Serial Number

• Drive WWNN

• Drive Type

• Drive Health

Additional Exchange Information for Enterprise Media

Appears for StorageTek enterprise media only.

• Media MB Capacity

• Media MB Avail Post

• Media Capacity Utilization

• Exchange Encryption Used

• Exchange FSC

• Exchange DSC

• Permanent Error

• Media Blank

• Exchange Write Inefficient

• Exchange Read Marginal

• Exchange Write Efficiency

• Exchange Read Margin

• Time Spent Reading

• Time Spent Writing

• Time Spent R/W

• Read MB/sec

• Write MB/sec

• R/W MB/sec

• Read Mount Ratio

• Write Mount Ratio

• R/W Mount Ratio

Additional Exchange Information for LTO Media

Appears for LTO media only.

• Media MB Capacity

• Media MB Avail Pre

• Media Capacity Utilization

• IBM Media Efficiency

• HP Media Status

• Media Length in Meters

• Media Manufacturer Date

• Media Auxiliary Memory Capacity

• Alert: Media Directory Corrupt

• Alert: Media Nearing End of Life

Library Complex

Details about the library complex where the media is located.

• Library Complex Name

• Library Model

• Partition Type

• Partition Name

• Partition Number

Cleaning Usage

• Cleaning Media

User-Provided Information

• Logical Group(s)

• Annotation History

Media Validation Information for Enterprise Media

Details about the most recent media validation for the media. Appears for StorageTek enterprise media only.

• Media Write Efficiency

• MV DQI

• MV Days Since Last Validation

• MV Last Activity

• MV Last Test Type

• MV Last Recommendation

Calibration Information for Enterprise Media

• MV Calibration Library Complex

• MV Calibration Library SN

• MV Calibration Library Model

• MV Calibration Drive Type

• MV Calibration Drive SN

• MV Pool Start Date

• MV Pool End Date

• MV Last Calibration Date

• MV Calibration Initial DQI

• MV Calibration Initial Suspicion

• MV Calibration Last DQI

• MV Last Recording Technique

• MV MB Tape Used

• MV Calibration Number of Wraps

• MV Primary Calibration Media

• MV Calibration Current State

• MV Calibration Status Information