Chapter 10 - Operating the BlackPearl System
Monitor the BlackPearl System
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Type
The media type. Values:
LTO-5, LTO-6, LTO-7, LTO-7 Type M, LTO-8, TS1140,
TS1150, TS1155, TS1160
State
The status of the tape:
During normal operation, the tape state is
MANAGED
. Other possible states
are:
•
NORMAL
— The tape is ready for use.
•
AUTO COMPACTION IN PROGRESS
— The tape is in the process of having
unused tape space, due to deleted objects that still reside on a tape,
reclaimed.
•
BAD
— The tape has been identified as bad due to I/O errors or too many
write cycles.
•
BAR CODE MISSING
— The barcode for the tape is unknown or missing.
•
CANNOT FORMAT DUE TO WRITE PROTECTION
— The tape is write-
protected and cannot be formatted.
•
DATA CHECKPOINT FAILURE
— The tape should have data on it that is
recognizable to the BlackPearl system, but the system could not verify that
the data on the tape is at the correct checkpoint or there was an error
rolling back to a checkpoint.
•
DATA CHECKPOINT FAILURE DUE TO READ ONLY
— The tape should have
data on it that is recognizable to the BlackPearl system, but the system
could not verify that the data on the tape is at the correct checkpoint or
there was an error rolling back to a checkpoint because the tape is read
only.
State
•
DATA CHECKPOINT MISSING
— The tape should have data on it that is
recognizable to the BlackPearl system, but the checkpoint containing the
data could not be found on the tape.
•
EJECT FROM EE PENDING
— The tape is in the Entry/Exit (E/E) pool
waiting to be physically ejected.
•
EJECT TO EE IN PROGRESS
— The tape is currently being moved to the E/E
pool.
•
EJECTED
— The tape was ejected from the system and is not physically
present.
•
FOREIGN
— A tape from another BlackPearl system. This data must be
copied into a bucket on this system before it is accessible.
•
FORMAT IN PROGRESS
— The tape is currently being formatted.
•
FORMAT PENDING
— A format was requested for the tape but has not yet
started.
•
IMPORT IN PROGRESS
— A
FOREIGN
tape is in the process of being
imported into a bucket.
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User Guide-BlackPearl Converged Storage System
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