HP Interface Manager and Command View for Tape Libraries 3.7 User Guide
• Estimated host transfer rate
• Write compression ratio
• Read compression ratio
• Media transfer rate
To export the report as a PDF, click Export Report at the bottom of the graph. This will allow you
to save the graph locally or email it.
NOTE: Exporting the graph to a PDF converts the 3D bar graph to a 2D line graph.
Launching the Newly Added Tapes graph
The Newly Added Tapes graph allows you to view the number of new tapes used per time period
plotted over a longer time period. “New” tapes means any tapes that have been added to this
Command View TL Management Station (MS). This could include tapes that have never been used
or used tapes that are new to this MS in the user-defined time range. There are a number of uses
for this information:
• Knowing a run-rate for tapes added so you know when to place orders for new tapes
• Planning and budgeting for additional tapes
• Seeing patterns of the tapes being added in a month or week
• Keeping control of the total tapes that are used in the data center/library
• Analyzing if the number of tapes used is in line with the data that is written
To launch the Newly Added Tapes graph, in the Navigation panel select TapeAssure→Data
Tapes→Newly Added. This opens the graph showing data for Last One Year by default.
NOTE: This shows the newly added tapes only for the libraries having a TapeAssure Advanced
License. If there are no libraries with the Advanced License, the following message is displayed:
Insufficient data available to plot the graph or Command View TL
TapeAssure Advanced license is not available.
Please install the Command View TL TapeAssure Advanced license for the
appropriate tape libraries. To install a license, click 'Licensing' tab
on the left pane and add the Command View TL TapeAssure Advanced license.
On the graph:
• The Newly Added graph (left vertical axis, in blue) is a column graph showing the number of
new tapes added over the selected time period (the default is One Year). If there is less than
two years of data, the graph is grouped by weeks; if there is less than two years of data, the
graph is grouped by month and year.
• The Total Added graph (right vertical axis, in green) is a line graph showing the total number
of tapes added over the selected time period (the default is One Year). If there is less than
two years of data, the graph is grouped by weeks; if there is less than two years of data, the
graph is grouped by month and year.
• Slider and Zoom Effect: a small replica of the original graph is shown at the top. Use the slider
at the bottom to select a particular portion of the graph to zoom into. This is reflected in the
bigger graph, and the horizontal axes adjusts accordingly to analyze the data for a smaller
time period.
• Tool Tips: Hover over the preview graph or the actual graph to see tool tip that shows the
week (less than two years of data) or month (more than two years of data) start date of the
data.
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