The library, drives, media, and STA must meet minimum requirements to use media validation.
STA 2.3.0 or above.
Connect to libraries using SNMP v3 protocol.
Use only one instance of STA to perform media validation activities. The use of multiple instances on the same library is not supported.
SL8500 or SL3000 library with compatible firmware (see Library Requirements).
High-memory drive controller (HBT) card.
SLC FRS_6.25 (minimum for SL8500), FRS_6.50 (minimum for SL3000).
Dedicated pool of media validation drives defined with SLC.
StorageTek T10000C or T10000D drives using compatible firmware (see StorageTek Drive Requirements). STA does not initiate media validations on drives that do not have the minimum firmware levels.
Drives used to validate encrypted media must be enabled for encryption and connected to an Oracle Key Manager (OKM) 2.5 (minimum).
T10000T1 or T10000T2 media.
Media validation is not supported for media formatted with StorageTek Automatically Linked Partitioning (ALP) done with Oracle's StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager (VSM).