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Product Manual
Managing with WebPAM PROe
m
edia
P
atrol
Media Patrol is a routine maintenance procedure that checks the magnetic media on each disk drive. Media
Patrol checks are enabled by default on all disk arrays and spare drives. Media Patrol is concerned with the media
itself, not the data recorded on the media. If Media Patrol encounters a critical error, it triggers PDM if PDM is
enabled on the disk array.
Media Patrol Settings
Media Patrol is enabled or disabled using the Background Activities menu or you can create a schedule to run
Media Patrol.
• To enable Media Patrol,
click on the Subsystem in Tree View then click
on the Background Activities menu tab. Click to check the
Enable
Media Patrol
option. Notice also that the
Auto Rebuild
option is here
as well. If you want
to automatically begin rebuilding a logical drive as
soon as a faulty drive is replaced, make sure this option is enabled.
• To begin Media Patrol manually, click on the menu expander to the right of
the Background Activities tab and scroll down and select
Start Media Patrol
to see the Start Media Patrol menu. Then click on the
Start
button.
• To schedule Media Patrol, click on the menu expander to the right of the
Scheduler tab and scroll down and select
Add Media Patrol Schedule
to
open the schedule menu. Use this menu to add a Media Patrol schedule.
