Table Panes

Dashboard table panes include point-in-time reports and spark charts.

Data Read/Written Trends

Summarizes the amount of data read and written, and average data compression ratio over a selected date range.

The Total Data Stored values are the total amount of data stored on all media in the selected libraries as of the indicated dates.

The Data Compression values displayed in the table are rounded to the nearest whole number; the table cell tooltips display decimal value detail.

This pane displays values for dates within the 60 days only. If you filter for a date range extending past the previous six months, the pane displays values only for dates that fall within the allowed range. Following are examples:

  • Filtering for "Number of Days More Than 25" shows values for the period from 60 to 25 days ago.
  • Filtering for "Number of Days Less Than 75" shows values for the period 60 days ago to current.
  • Filtering for "Number of Days More Than 200" shows no data.
Drive Capacity Planning (30 Days)

Summarizes installed drive slots, installed drives, removed drives, and drive utilization statistics over the last 30 days.

The Drives Under-utilized count includes unknown drives (drives for which STA has received no data), as well as drives that have never been used.

Drives Fewest Meters Between Recent Cleanings

Lists drives that have run the fewest meters of tape between the two most recent cleanings. The table only includes drives for which STA has recorded at least two cleaning actions. This is as of the current point in time.

Drives Watch List

Summarizes drives with Action or Evaluate drive health. Lists the drive serial number, model, Drive Health Indicator, Drive Health Trend, and most recent annotation. This is as of the current point in time.

Media Capacity Planning (30 Days)

Summarizes installed, activated, and occupied storage slots, media removed, and media utilization statistics over the last 30 days.

The following values are updated each day at 00:00 UTC time, so are not real-time.

  • Media Utilized
  • Media Blank
  • Media Unknown/Never Mounted

All other values are real-time.

Media Exceptions

Lists media that have been removed from the tape library system through some means other than a cartridge access port (CAP) or mailslot. This is as of the current point in time.

Media Validation

Summarizes media validation results by verification test type. By default, this pane shows data for the last 14 days. The counts in the Pass, Fail, and Unknown columns are based on the MV Result attribute, as follows:

  • Pass – MV Result Passed
  • Fail – MV Result is Failed or Degraded
  • Unknown – MV Result is Unknown

This table reports completed validations only; pending or in-process validations are not included. It includes validations initiated by all sources, including host applications, SL Console, and the library CLI, as well as STA.

Media Watch List

Summarizes media with Action or Evaluate media health. Lists the volume serial number (volser), type, Media Health Indicator, Media Health Trend, and most recent annotation. This is as of the current point in time.

Monitored Device Trends

Summarizes the number of resources in your tape library system over a selected date range. Information includes the total number of libraries, robots, CAPs, pass‐through ports (PTPs), elevators, drives, media, and media removed through a CAP, SL3000 AEM, or SL150 mailslot.