Accessing media information
This topic describes how to access IBM Spectrum® Archive media information by using the Properties panel.
To access the Properties panel, right-click the tape drive icon after inserting a medium to display a drop-down menu, then click Properties. A Properties panel displays as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Properties panel
The Properties panel displays the following information:
- Tape volume serial number
- Tape volume name
- Universally Unique Identifier (UUID)
- Used and free space (in binary units)
- Capacity (in binary units)
The Properties panel displays the following button options:
- Check
- Rollback
- Details
To check for media errors or to roll back, click the Check or Rollback button. Refer to the topics Checking and recovering media and Rolling back media in the Related information section.
Click the Details button to display the Details window shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2. Details
The Details window displays the following information:
- Configuration
- LTFS version
- Drive ID
- Drive serial
- Drive firmware
- Recent event logs
- Level (error or warning)
- Date & time
- ID (a number assigned to a specific system error or warning message with a link to the online LTFS Single Drive Edition product documentation)
- Description
Note: If no error or warning message displays for your problem, refer to the topic When you cannot solve a problem on a Windows system in the Related information section.