Chapter 12 StorNext Reports
The Drive State Information Report
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The Drive State Information Report
The Drive State Information Report provides the following information:
• Drive ID: The drive ID (1, 2, 3, etc.)
• Drive Type: The type of drive being used (such as LTO)
• Device Pathname: The drive’s pathname
• Tape Compression: Indicates whether tape compression is
currently turned on or off
• Associated Library: The name of the library associated with the
drive
• State: Indicates whether the drive is currently online or offline
• Status: Indicates the drive’s current status, which is one of these
conditions:
• FREE: No medium is mounted
• IN USE: Medium is in use
• FAILED: Drive failed
• DELAYED: Drive is in a dismount-delayed state
• CLEANING: Cleaning medium is mounted
• USER MOUNT: Medium was mounted using the GUI’s
Media > Mount command or the CLI fsmount command
• OTHER: Medium was not mounted directly by the StorNext
Tertiary Manager, but by other means such as through the
Media Manager
• Dismount Delay: The time delay (in seconds) before media is
dismounted
• Assignment: Indicates whether the drive is currently free or
mounted
• Mount Count: The number of times the tape has been mounted
• Error Count: The number of errors (mostly write errors) a tape
has incurred
