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

Empty slots per library...................................................................................................53
Moves per library..........................................................................................................56
Sorting and filtering.......................................................................................................59
Action menu drop down list............................................................................................59
Application bar............................................................................................................59
Viewing drive health......................................................................................................59
Viewing Drive Health and Life.........................................................................................61
Write Health tab......................................................................................................61
Life tab....................................................................................................................62
Viewing drive performance.............................................................................................63
Viewing drive utilization.................................................................................................65
Choosing a sample time................................................................................................66
Viewing drive performance and utilization history..............................................................67
Drive Performance tab...............................................................................................68
Drive Utilization tab..................................................................................................69
Utilization Analysis tab..............................................................................................71
Viewing the Performance Advisor graph...........................................................................74
Viewing the Collection Status..........................................................................................75
Viewing drive performance and utilization graph...............................................................76
Viewing detailed LTO drive information............................................................................77
Using the Tapes Content panel........................................................................................87
Viewing tape health......................................................................................................97
Viewing Tape Health and Life.........................................................................................98
Write Health tab......................................................................................................98
Life tab....................................................................................................................99
Viewing tape utilization................................................................................................100
Viewing the tape utilization and performance history.......................................................101
Tape Capacity tab..................................................................................................101
Tape Unloads tab...................................................................................................102
Tape Performance tab.............................................................................................103
Launching the Newly Added Tapes graph......................................................................105
Searching for a specific tape........................................................................................107
Viewing information about the Cleaning Tapes................................................................107
Exporting Library Data to CSV via TapeAssure................................................................108
Exporting TapeAssure panels as PDF files.......................................................................109
Scheduling a Library Data Export via TapeAssure............................................................112
Analyzing TapeAssure data from CSV files using the TapeAssure Analysis Template.............112
Backing up the TapeAssure database.................................................................................113
Restoring a TapeAssure database file.................................................................................114
Saving or copying a database backup file..........................................................................115
Using data verification..........................................................................................................115
Configuring the libraries to use data verification...................................................................116
Creating the data verification partition................................................................................116
Deleting the data verification partition............................................................................118
Viewing the Data Verification Control Panel.........................................................................118
Starting and stopping the data verification service...........................................................119
Setting the default verification type................................................................................119
Deleting the data verification test logs............................................................................119
Viewing the detailed data verification information for each library..........................................119
Viewing tapes that are present in the data verification partition.........................................121
Viewing tapes that are currently under data verification....................................................122
Viewing tapes that are queued for data verification.........................................................122
Viewing drives that are present in the data verification partition.........................................123
Adding, removing, and changing tapes from the queue...................................................125
Configuring the data verification policy...............................................................................125
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