Advanced Reporting provides the following reports that you can configure for viewing and analysis:
To use these reports, you must have Advanced Reporting licensed on the library (see Applying a License Key).
You can configure the reports in a variety of ways. For information on configuring the individual reports, see Drive Resource Utilization Report and Media Integrity Analysis Report.
You can save and reuse report configurations as templates. For information, see Advanced Reporting Templates.
You download or e-mail the report data in a comma-separated values (.csv) file. You can then take the data files, import the information into a spreadsheet program, and manipulate the data to create your own charts and graphs for analysis. For information, see Saving and E-mailing Advanced Reporting Data.
The data for these reports is collected in log files. When the log files reach maximum capacity, the oldest information is deleted as new information is added. This may affect how much historical data you can access. You can see how many records are in the log files for this report by looking at the Report Data section of the report configuration page. A note says “XX records read," where XX is the number of records. Because the report pulls its data from the log file, not the current library configuration, you may see tape drives and media listed that no longer reside in the library.
Information about a tape drive, cartridge, or operation is not recorded in the Drive Resource Utilization log file until after a tape cartridge has been mounted (loaded) and unmounted (unloaded) from the tape drive. As a result, some items or actions may not appear in the report because the cartridge is still mounted in the tape drive.
When the log files are large, it would take an excessively long time to load all the historical data into the data table on the report viewing page. For this reason, the data table contains a maximum of 1000 rows of data (beginning with the most recent) even if the log file contains more records. (The chart, however, displays information for the entire range.) To view all of the data, you need to save or e-mail the data file. For information, see Saving and E-mailing Advanced Reporting Data.
If needed, you can delete the data in the report log files. For information, see Reloading and Deleting Advanced Reporting Data.
To access the reports:
From the Reports menu, select Advanced Reporting and then choose either Drive Resource Utilization or Media Integrity Analysis.
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