View Trends in Exchange Errors

View exchange errors for the last week to address the questions: "Which drives have had the most errors this week? Have their error rates gone up?".

  1. In the left navigation, expand Tape System Activity, select Exchanges Overview.
  2. In the Templates menu, apply the "STA-Exchange‐Alerts‐Errors" template.
  3. In the Drive Serial Number column, click Sort Ascending or Sort Descending.
    Cursor hovering over column heading to show sort arrows.
  4. To focus on specific errors, move columns around and remove empty columns (see Reorder Columns and Hide and Reveal Columns).
  5. Add a filter to display just this week's data:
    1. Click Filter Data Filter data icon.
    2. In the Filter Matching field, select Match ALL entered criteria.
    3. Add the criteria: Exchange Start (No. Days) |Less than # days ago | 7
    4. Click Apply.
      Sample Filter Data dialog