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Chapter 9: Extended Data Lifecycle Management
About EDLM
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• You can also scan cartridges manually at any time. See Running
Manual EDLM Tests on page 342.
• You need Administrator privileges to use EDLM.
• All types of tape cartridges (data, cleaning, diagnostic, and
firmware update tapes) can be scanned manually. However, only
data cartridges can be scanned automatically.
• Media scan requests are performed as they are received. If there are
not enough drives to scan all requests concurrently, the scans are
queued based on the priority you select (high, medium, low).
Manual scans can be initiated to scan immediately, superseding
previously queued scans. Queued tests are reported as “Not
Completed” in the test report (see Viewing EDLM Test Sessions and
Report Details on page 348).
• You may optionally use StorNext Storage Manager to trigger media
scans and automatically copy data off of suspect or failed tapes. To
use StorNext you must separately install an API client plug-in. See
Step 2: Configuring Access to StorNext on page 332.
• If a cartridge is being scanned and the host initiates a move request,
the scan is aborted and the library performs the host-requested
move. The scan is not rescheduled, but the cartridge will be scanned
at the next scheduled time according to the policy. The EDLM report
indicates the interruption or cancellation. This ensures that normal
operations are not affected by EDLM scanning.
• You can move tapes between EDLM library managed partitions and
standard partitions via the library user interface without exporting
and importing the tapes (for more information, see Moving Media
Between Active Vault or AMP and Standard Partitions on page 704).
Note: Manual movement between library managed partitions and
standard partitions will require inventory reconciliation with
the backup application managing the standard partition.
• EDLM drives and blades must be separate from other blades in the
library.