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Summary of Contents for B DLTSAGE INTEGRATION

Page 1: ...Integration Guide...

Page 2: ...exclusive property of Quantum Corporation Quantum retains its copyright on the information contained herein in all cases and situations of usage including derivative works The possessor agrees to saf...

Page 3: ...Rev A01 October 2003 iii Revision History All revisions made to this document are listed below in chronological order Document Release Date Summary of Changes A01 October 20 2003 Initial Release per...

Page 4: ...iv October 2003 81 81201 01 Rev A01 Notes...

Page 5: ...ew 2 1 Architecture 2 2 Enabling Technologies 2 3 3 Features of DLTSage 3 1 Overview 3 1 Theory of Operation 3 1 How DLTSage Collects Data 3 1 TapeAlert Flags 3 2 Full Suite of TapeAlert Flags 3 4 Hos...

Page 6: ...LOG SENSing Tape Drive Conditions A 2 LOG SENSE Command Pages A 2 MODE SENSE Command Pages A 3 Modifying the Media Load Count Threshold A 3 Medium Auxiliary Memory MAM Attributes A 3 Device Type Attr...

Page 7: ...apeAlert Flags 3 4 Table 3 5 Host Responses to TapeAlert Flags 3 6 Table 3 6 DLTSage xTalk Features and Benefits 3 8 Table 3 7 DLTSage Pocket iTalk Icons and Functions 3 12 AMAM Attributes and Diagnos...

Page 8: ...List of Tables viii October 2003 81 81201 01 Rev A01 Notes...

Page 9: ...1 2 About DLTSage 2 1 Figure 2 1 DLTSage Architecture Overview 2 2 3 Features of DLTSage 3 1 Figure 3 1 Sample TapeAlert Flag Message 3 5 Figure 3 2 DLTSage xTalk Interface 3 7 Figure 3 3 DLTSage iTa...

Page 10: ...List of Figures x October 2003 81 81201 01 Rev A01 Notes...

Page 11: ...These TapeAlert flags can be read by all backup applications including the DLTSage host application 1 2 Audience The primary audiences for this publication are Independent Software Vendors ISVs Opera...

Page 12: ...s www t10 org ftp t10 drafts ssc2 ssc2r09 pdf to view information about TapeAlert flags see Information Technology SCSI Stream Commands 2 SSC 2 Section 8 2 3 and Appendix A www t10 org ftp t10 drafts...

Page 13: ...eters Automatic over threshold detection and history collection Automatic identification of tape drives and media that are at risk Automatic identification of media that is nearing or has reached its...

Page 14: ...e iTalk or Pocket DLTSage iTalk visit www tandberg com or www dltsage com xTalk provides host based diagnostics for all operating environments iTalk communicates with all elements of customer environm...

Page 15: ...and Pocket DLTSage iTalk communicate with all elements of customer environments with SDLT tape drive systems to obtain status information and issue commands via the infrared IR connection The pocket...

Page 16: ...Chapter 2 About DLTSage 2 4 October 2003 81 81201 01 Rev A01 Notes...

Page 17: ...the SDLT tape drive firmware TapeAlert flags typical host responses to TapeAlert flags DLTSage xTalk DLTSage iTalk and Pocket DLTSage iTalk 3 2 Theory of Operation 3 2 1 How DLTSage Collects Data DLTS...

Page 18: ...TapeAlert flags recommend that you perform specific actions to enhance the use of your data cartridge or tape drive but do not prevent you from using either the data cartridge or the tape drive Sever...

Page 19: ...pe drive users manual for device specific cleaning instructions Significant history of problems with the media and cannot be attributed to the tape drive Media can no longer be written read or perform...

Page 20: ...lears the 24th TapeAlert flag Table 3 4 Supported TapeAlert Flags Operating Parameters TapeAlert Flag Flag Type Description Load Counta 13h Nearing media life Informational Nearing Media Life 07h Medi...

Page 21: ...ed usage parameters Retire media immediately Clean Drive Now 14h Clean now Critical DLTSage has detected that the tape drive needs cleaning failed backup Drive Shutdown Temp 24h Drive temperature Warn...

Page 22: ...ing The tape cartridge has reached the end of its calculated useful life 1 Copy any data you need to another tape 2 Discard the old tape Media has exceeded its specified life 13h Nearing media life In...

Page 23: ...pe drive analysis information and the ability to quickly download updates to the firmware online help test scripts release notes and the application itself The DLTSage xTalk software runs on the follo...

Page 24: ...ic device information Determines whether the selected device is ready to be tested Clears the xTalk window display Aborts the test Available only when a test is running Allows you to run a test agains...

Page 25: ...LTSage iTalk can be used to test either 1 a standalone tape drive or 2 a tape drive installed in a library The DLTSage iTalk application runs on the following Windows operating systems 95 98 NT 4 0 20...

Page 26: ...Chapter 3 Features of DLTSage 3 10 October 2003 81 81201 01 Rev A01 Figure 3 3 shows the DLTSage iTalk interface Figure 3 3 DLTSage iTalk Main Window...

Page 27: ...h the tape drive Pocket DLTSage iTalk can be used to test either 1 a standalone tape drive or 2 a tape drive installed in a library The Pocket DLTSage iTalk application runs on the Pocket PC 2002 oper...

Page 28: ...artridge Allows you to obtain the following error information Total bytes The amount of data last written to or read from the media Rewrites or Rereads The number of rewrites or rereads Corrected Erro...

Page 29: ...ommands used by the drive health check feature Table A 1 Firmware Diagnostics Diagnostic Type Description Level 1 L1 Drive Online Electronic Checks the tape drive electronics and key interfaces Level...

Page 30: ...es Celsius inside the tape drive at the instant the tape drive receives the LOG SENSE command This page does not provide alerts of excessive temperature conditions but rather continuous temperature mo...

Page 31: ...Media Life Warning threshold of 3 600 The default value for this parameter is 50 or a Media Life Warning threshold of 5 000 The SageLoadCountThresh parameter is not a Medium Auxiliary Memory MAM attr...

Page 32: ...dia the user assigned text label of the media and the last date and time any MAM attributes changed There are two commands that allow you to read and write MAM attributes They are the READ ATTRIBUTE c...

Page 33: ...AD 3 40 ASCII 020Eh 021Fh Reserved 0220h TOTAL MBYTES WRITTEN IN MEDIUM LIFE 8 BINARY 0221h TOTAL MBYTES READ IN MEDIUM LIFE 8 BINARY 0222h TOTAL MBYTES WRITTEN IN CURRENT LAST LOAD 8 BINARY 0223h TOT...

Page 34: ...ndor unique attributes can be added and deleted A write to a host vendor unique attribute causes the tape drive to test the size remaining MAM Space Remaining 0004h and if the write does not cause an...

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