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Working with removable media lifetime statistics

Select this option from the Product Activity Log display.

This option allows you to perform the following:
  • Work with the removable media lifetime statistics
  • Display volume statistics information
  • Review lifetime counters for a specific volume
  • Delete volume statistics lifetime counters
  • Sort lifetime statistics by error rates or volume IDs

You can send the output of this option to a printer (if available) or to the console.

Select the Work with removable media lifetime statistics option to display a lifetime entry report. This report contains information about various volume IDs. The customer might want to exchange media that has a high number of read or write errors. To ensure accurate statistics, each media must have a unique volume ID.

If the following symbols appear before the volume ID on the Work with Lifetime Statistics display, perform the suggested action:

Symbol Explanation Action
>> Media replacement recommended Copy the contents to the new media and discard the old media.
> Media approaching replacement criteria
  • Replace the media if the format is:
    • QIC-120
    • 7208 2.3GB
    • 6250 bpi density
  • If the format is anything other than above, monitor the media.
Parent topic: Options for the product activity log

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Last updated: Wed, September 28, 2016