TS7700 notification messages v5.3

Abstract

During normal and exception processing within an IBM tape library, conditions or events can occur which require some level of action by an operator. Additionally, the operator might be interested in monitoring certain events. When these conditions or events are encountered, a message text, called a notification message is logged. The text associated with the notification message might be sent to all hosts that are attached to the subsystem in the form of a message or can be monitored through the TS7700 web interface, SNMP, or RSyslog, which are called notification channels. The intervention or action might require immediate attention to continue library processing or might be something that can be handled later. The purpose of this white paper is to list all the notifications or messages that are generated and to indicate the importance of each message in regard to how they need to be handled, also explain the notification channels and setup in the Management Interface. Latest update includes for TS7700 Release 5.3