Data Reference: Media Overview

The Media - Overview screen shows attributes for one or more pieces of selected media.

Sample Screen for Enterprise Media

Sample Screen for LTO Media

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 Library-native 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"
• "T10000 Exchange DSC (Hex)"
• "T10000 Exchange FSC (Hex)"
• "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 (Hex)"
• "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

Details about the most recent media validation for the media.

• "Media Write Efficiency"
• "T10000 MV Quality Index" or "LTO MV RQ"
• "MV Days Since Last Validation"
• "MV Last Activity"
• "MV Last Test Type"
• "MV Recommendation"

Calibration Information

• "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 Calibration Date"
• "T10000 MV Calibration Quality Index" or "LTO MV Calibration RQ"
• "MV Calibration Suspicion"
• "Last T10000 MV Qualification Quality Index" or "Last LTO MV Qualification RQ"
• "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"