TapeAlert support
This topic gives an overview of the TapeAlert technology, which is supported by the IBM®
System Storage™ TS3500 Tape Library.
The TS3500 Tape Library is compatible with TapeAlert technology, which provides error and
diagnostic information about the drives and the library to the host application. The library
provides this information as TapeAlert
flags
that are reported to the application by the SCSI
LOG SENSE command.
For a list of the TapeAlert flags for the drives and the library, refer to
Parent topic:
SNMP audit logging
This topic describes the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) audit logging, which
provides logging information about specific TS3500 Tape Library user actions.
The TS3500 Tape Library provides various interfaces, other than the host application, that
allow a user to configure different library or drive settings, move cartridges within or out of
the library, and perform other actions. In order to provide additional capabilities for
monitoring these actions and the physical security of the library, the TS3500 Tape Library
provides notifications, in the form of SNMP traps, that provide a log of when certain
activities are performed.
SNMP audit logging sends the log information over a TCP/IP LAN network to an SNMP
monitoring server, just as SNMP traps are sent for library alerts. By default, SNMP audit
logging is disabled, however, you can enable SNMP audit logging using the TS3500 Tape
Library Specialist Web interface.
The following events are logged when SNMP audit logging is enabled:
•
Log in attempt granted or denied
•
Logout (timeout, logout, or force logout)
•
Any configuration change
•
Any data or cleaning cartridge move initiated from a library user interface
