Retrieving Tape Drive Sled Logs

The library allows you to retrieve tape drive sled logs using the web client. Tape drive sled log information can be used to help troubleshoot library, tape drive sled, and tape drive issues.

Tape drive sled log files adhere to the following naming convention: UDS_ID_SN.LOG, where ID identifies the tape drive sled coordinate location within the library and SN identifies the tape drive sled serial number.

Users with administrative privileges can retrieve tape drive sled logs, but users with user privileges cannot.

  1. From the Tools menu, select Drive Operations.

    The Tools - Drive Operations screen appears.

  2. Select Retrieve tape drive sled log and click Next.

    The Retrieve Drive Sled Log screen appears.

  3. Do one of the following:
  4. Select the interface type of the tape drive sled from which you want to retrieve logs and click Next.

    The Retrieve Drive Sled Log screen appears. This screen lists the available tape drive sleds.

  5. Select a tape drive sled from which you want to retrieve logs and click Next.
  6. NOTE: If there is more than one page of tape drive sleds, use the Page 1 of x arrows to view the additional sleds.

    NOTE: Bold column headings in the table can be sorted. For example, selecting the Location column heading will sort by location coordinates.

    The Retrieve Drive Sled Log screen appears.

  7. Click Apply.
  8. The Progress Window appears. The Progress Window contains information on the action, elapsed time, and status of the requested operation. Do one of the following:

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