HP Interface Manager and Command View for Tape Libraries 3.7 User Guide

For information on searching for a specific tape, see “Searching for a specific tape” (page 107).
Viewing Tape Health and Life
The Tape Health and Life shows the recent health history of a particular tape. Library administrator
can view health related information including a graph showing what the tape health has been
across the last several backups over multiple drives. In addition, you can drill down into the recent
health history of any drives that used that tape. This helps determine if there is a problem with the
tape or with a particular drive that has been using it.
To view the Viewing Tape Health and Life:
1. In the Launcher window, click the TapeAssure tab.
2. In the Navigation panel under Data Tapes, select Health. A list of all of the tapes appears.
Alternatively, in the Navigation panel under Dashboard, select Drives and Tapes Needing
Attention. A list of all tapes that need attention (in a critical or warning state) appears.
3. Click on the tape, then select Actions→Properties, or double click the row, to launch the tape
properties.
4. Click the Overall Health link to open the tape health graphs.
The Tape Health/Life window displays the following:
• Tape Barcode/Serial Number
• Library Serial Number
• Overall Health – calculated based on the recent worst status of the tape health parameters
TapeRWLifeQual, Load/UnLoad Life, Max Internal Temperature, and Effective Capacity
• Effective Capacity/Max Internal Temperature – based on the last backup
Write Health tab
The Write Health tab shows the write health history of the tapes across the last several backups
and over multiple drives as both a graph and a table.
On the graph, the red, yellow, and green bands represent the critical, warning, and healthy status,
respectively, of the tape write health. The X-axis represents the drive serial number and the Y-axis
represents the effective capacity of the tape.
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