Preface

This guide provides concepts and procedures for using Oracle's StorageTek Tape Analytics (STA).

Audience

This document is intended for new and experienced users of STA.

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Related Documents

The STA documentation set consists of the following documents.

For users of the STA application

  • STA Quick Start Guide—Use this guide to introduce yourself to the STA application and some features of the user interface.

  • STA User's Guide—Use this guide for instructions on using all STA application features, including the Dashboard, templates, filters, alerts, Executive Reports, logical groups, and STA media validation. This guide also provides instructions for administering and managing STA usernames, email addresses, service logs, and SNMP connections with the monitored libraries.

  • STA Screen Basics Guide—Use this guide for full details about the STA user interface. It describes the screen navigation and layout, and the use of graphs and tables.

  • STA Data Reference Guide—Use this guide to look up definitions for all STA tape library system screens and data attributes.

For installers and administrators of the STA server and application

  • STA Release Notes—Read this document before installing and using STA. It contains important release information, including known issues. This document is included in the STA media pack download.

  • STA Requirements Guide—Use this guide to learn about minimum and recommended requirements for using STA. This guide includes the following requirements: library, drive, server, user interface, STA media validation, and IBM RACF access control.

  • STA Installation and Configuration Guide—Use this guide to plan for installation of STA, install the Linux operating system, install the STA application, and then configure STA to begin monitoring the libraries. This guide also provides instructions for upgrading to a new version of STA.

  • STA Administration Guide—Use this guide for information about STA server administration tasks, such as STA services configuration, database backup and restore, and password administration for database accounts.

  • STA Security Guide—Read this document for important STA security information, including requirements, recommendations, and general security principles.

  • STA Licensing Information User Manual—Read this document for information about use of third-party technology distributed with the STA product.

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