Spectra Logic spectra t120 Release Note

Enabling and Configuring Media Lifecycle Management

December 2008

Spectra T950 Library

3. Select Enable Media Lifecycle Management to enable MLM, and then 

select the media lifecycle management events for which you want 
alerts.

Note:

MLM compatible media has been available from Spectra Logic 
since November 2007. If you began using MLM-capable media 
and cleaning cartridges before BlueScale MLM became available, 
some of your media may have already exceeded the thresholds 
you set.

Generate a Load Count Media Lifecycle Report to display the 
current usage status of the media in your library (see 

 for detailed 

information).

4. Select Save to enable Media Lifecycle Management and the types of 

alerts and warning messages it generates.

Important

Before enabling (or disabling) MLM, make sure that all of the drives in the library 
are empty.

Generates an alert message when tapes that are not Spectra Logic certified 
media are loaded into a tape drive.

Generates an alert message when the load count for the cartridge stored in the 
MLM database differs from the load count stored on the cartridge memory 
chip.

Sets the threshold for the minimum number cleaning passes remaining on a 
cleaning cartridge. The default value is zero (0). 
When a cleaning cartridge reaches threshold, a warning message is generated 
showing that the cleaning cartridge is nearly expended. The warning message 
is generated every time the cleaning tape is used while the number of cleans 
remaining is at or below the threshold value. 

Sets the number of times a tape can be loaded into a tape drive before it reaches 
the usage threshold you set. The default value is 10,000 loads.
When the number of tape loads reaches the specified threshold, a warning 
message is generated. Subsequent loads do not generate additional messages.