Chapter 8 Troubleshooting
Q-EKM Path Diagnostics
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Admin level privileges and below will be unable to log in to the
library and will get an error message stating that Diagnostics is in
progress.
• Entering Diagnostics takes all your library partitions offline. Be sure
any crucial operations have stopped before you enter Diagnostics.
When you exit Diagnostics, your partitions return to the
online/offline status they were in previously.
Diagnostics cannot be performed from the operator panel (the only
exception is the Drive Reset operation; see
Drive Reset
on page 355). The
path to open the appropriate screen is as follows:
• From the web client, select
Tools > Diagnostics
.
Q-EKM Path Diagnostics
The Q-EKM Path Diagnostics consists of a series of tests between a
selected tape drive and the primary and secondary Q-EKM servers. It is a
good idea to test each tape drive that communicates with Q-EKM servers.
Run this test any time you change the Q-EKM server settings or library
encryption settings.
The diagnostics consists of the following tests:
•
Ping
— Verifies the Ethernet communication between the library and
the Q-EKM servers.
•
Drive
— Verifies the tape drive’s path in the library (communication
from library to tape drive sled and from tape drive sled to tape drive).
•
Path
— Verifies that Q-EKM services are running on the Q-EKM
servers.
•
Config
— Verifies that the Q-EKM servers are capable of serving
encryption keys to the selected tape drive.
To perform the diagnostics:
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Access the Q-EKM Path Diagnostics screen in one of two ways: