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.
You need administrator privileges to retrieve tape drive sled logs.
- From the Tools menu, select Drive Operations.
The Tools - Drive Operations screen displays.
- Select Retrieve tape drive sled log and click Next.
The Retrieve Drive Sled Log screen displays.
- Do one of the following:
- If your library contains multiple tape drive interface types, continue with step 4.
- If your library contains only one tape drive interface type, continue with step 5.
- 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 displays. This screen lists the available tape drive sleds.
- Select a tape drive sled from which you want to retrieve logs and click Next.
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NOTE: If there is more than one page of tape drive sleds, use the Page 1 of x arrows to view the additional sleds.
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NOTE: Bold column headings in the table can be sorted. For example, selecting the Location column heading will sort by location coordinates.
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The Retrieve Drive Sled Log screen appears.
- Click Apply.
- The Progress Window displays. 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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- If Complete appears in the Progress Window, the tape drive sled log was successfully retrieved. Do the following:
- Click Close to close the Progress Window.
A file download dialog appears.
- Click Save.
A Save as dialog appears.
- Use the dialog to determine where you want to save the file and click Save.
- If Failure appears in the Progress Window, the tape drive sled log was not successfully retrieved.Follow the instructions listed in the Progress Window to resolve any issues that occurred during the operation.
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