Advanced Reporting: Media Integrity Settings

This page allows you to define and display reports that show the tape alert count for various combinations of tape drives, tape cartridges, and tape alert flags. This report is only available if you have purchased and installed the Advanced Reporting License Key (Feature Code 1650).

Screen Element Description
Date Range: Choose the range of dates to be included in the current report by clicking on one of the radio buttons. Valid options are Last 7 Days, Last 4 Weeks, Last 3 Months, or All History. The default is Last 4 Weeks.
Attribute: Choose the values that you want included in the current report by clicking any or all of the listed Attributes. Valid options are Cartridge Volume Serial Number (to include information about all relevant tape cartridges), Drive Physical SN (to include all relevant tape drives), or Tape Alert (to include all tape alert flags that have been issued. You may select any or all of the attributes (the default is to select all three). If you don't select any attributes, the chart displays the tape alert count for the selected grouping.
Type: Specify the report type by selecting one of the radio buttons. Valid options are Rollup (displays the number of tape alerts for the combination of Grouping and Attributes) or Trend (displays the occurrence of tape alerts over time). The default is to display a Rollup chart.
Chart: Specify the way you want to display the information by selecting one of the radio buttons. Valid options are Area, Bar, Line, or Pie charts. The default is a Bar chart.
Grouping: Specify the drive(s) or cartridge(s) on which to base the report by selecting one of the radio buttons. If you select Selected Drive by Physical SN, you must also choose the specific drive from the drop-down box. If you select Selected Cartridge by Volume Serial Number, you must also choose the specific cartridge from the drop-down box. If you choose All, the report will include all drives and cartridges. The default is to include All.
Sorting: Specify whether the sorting method is alphabetical, by count, or by the last Occurrence.
Report Templates

Once you've set the parameters that you want for a specific report, you can save the settings as a Report Template. You can then simply reload that template any time you want to run the same report again. Report Template functions include:

Load–Select a template from the drop-down box and click Load to use pre-defined report settings.

Delete–Select a template from the drop-down box and click Delete to remove the template from the system.

Save–Type a new name in the blank text box, then click Save to create a new template. The new template name will display in the drop-down box.

Report Data

When you first open the Advanced Reporting Settings window, the system automatically loads the data from your system logs in preparation for creating your reports. If the system adds information to the logs while you have this window open, you must reload the log data in order to display the new data.

Reload–Click this button to load the latest log information into the Advanced Reporting system.

Delete–Click this button to remove all data from the Advanced Reporting system and your system logs. Note that this is a permanent removal of the data, reloading will not recover deleted data.

Display Report Click Display Report to display the report as defined by the report settings on this page.