1. User's Guide
  2. Understanding STA Data
  3. Media Analysis
  4. Identify Media that is Approaching Capacity

Identify Media that is Approaching Capacity

Identify media approaching capacity to address questions such as, "Which media are over 90 percent full? Which media should I eject from the library?"

  1. In the left navigation, expand Tape System Hardware, select Media Overview.
  2. In the Templates menu, select "STA-Media-Utilization".
  3. In the Media MB Capacity column, click Sort Descending.
    Sort Descending icon being clicked in column heading.
  4. Use an external spreadsheet application to calculate percent of capacity used.
    1. Click the Export Export icon and select Media.xls (see Export Table Data to a Spreadsheet or Document for more information).
    2. Save the file to a location on your local computer.
    3. Use a spreadsheet application to open the file and summarize the data.