The Library Manager provides information on the status of each library connected to the monitored server. This information is displayed in the library management area of the LibMON Home Page.
This section describes how to select a specific library, configure the display attributes of the information, access more detailed information, create new libraries, and monitor libraries via physical or logical views of the selected library.
Before you can configure the display attributes of a library or access detailed information for a library, you must first select it.
1. Click on the colored border labeled Libraries to select the library management area.
The library management area must be selected before you can select a library.
2. Click on the library icon in the library management area of the LibMON Home Page.
The selected library is either enclosed by a black box (large icon view) or highlighed (table view). Once a library is selected, you can do the following:
When displaying summary library information, you can indicate which attributes you want to display and the sort order of the libraries.
1. Click on the colored border labeled Libraries to select the library management area.
2. Select a library.
3. Select the View option in the Selected menu.
The Display Attributes dialog box is displayed.
4. Highlight an attribute from the list, and then use the Add or Remove button to move it to the Hide Attributes or Show Attributes box.
The attributes that can be viewed are as follows:
*These items are displayed by default.
5. Click OK to save the changes.
You can also click Reset to reset the attributes to their previous setting or click Cancel to return to the Home Page without saving any changes.
1. Click on the colored border labeled Libraries to select the library management area.
2. Select a library.
3. Select the Sort option in the Selected menu.
The Sort dialog box is displayed.
4. Highlight an item, and then use the Add or Remove button to move it to or from the Sort Order box.
The attributes that can be sorted are as follows:
*These items are displayed by default.
5. Click OK to save the changes.
You can also click Reset to reset the sort order to the previous setting or click Cancel to return to the Home Page without saving any changes.
You can create new libraries to monitor via LibMON from any LibMON page. When creating or updating a library with LibMON, ensure library is not in use by another application. This will allow LibMON to gather the initial information required to monitor the library.
1. Select Library in the Create menu.
The Library Device Name dialog box is displayed.
2. Type the medium changer device name and click OK.
The LibMON server performs the initial verification and information gathering process, and the Create Library Property Book dialog box opens.
3. Type information for the library.
The left side of the Create Library Property Book dialog contains an index to each section of the dialog box. Click on a section title to display that section on the right side of the dialog box. Most fields in the dialog box are optional. However, you must enter the tape drive device name for each tape drive inside the tape library.
4. After you have entered information for the new library, click OK to save the attributes and return to the LibMON Home Page.
You can also click Reset to restore the previous information or click Cancel to return to the LibMON Home Page without changing any attributes.
When a new library is added, the LibMON server adds the library to the database and gathers information for the library. When the information gathering is complete, the library is added to the Library Manager as a monitored library object.
You can display detailed information for a library on the Library Property Book Page. The Library Property Book Page contains all the information entered when a library is created.
1. From the LibMON Home Page, click on the library.
2. Select Properties in the Selected menu.
The left side of the page, labeled Sections, has hypertext links to different sections of the page.
3. Click on a section name to display that section of the Library Property Book Page.
The following table provides detailed descriptions for each field within the Library Property Book Page.
Library Name* | This is set by the user, not read from the library. It provides a mechanism to easily refer to the library. If the user does not type a value for this field, then the device name for the medium changer (robot) is used by LibMON to refer to the library for display and e-mail notification. |
Serial Number | This is set by the user, not read from the library. It is intended to be used to maintain the tape library's serial number located on the exterior back panel of the tape library. |
Library Location* | This is set by the user, not read from the library. It is intended to be used to maintain the physical location of the tape library. |
Product ID* | The value for this field is set by the LibMON product as the result of a SCSI inquiry. The field contains the tape library firmware revision level. |
Automatic Cleaning | The value for this field is initially set by the LibMON product as the result of a SCSI mode sense. You can update the tape library setting for this field. When this field is set to 'On', the current state of the automatic drive cleaning feature is enabled. When it is set to 'Off', the feature is disabled. |
Automatic Inventory | The value for this field is initially set by the LibMON product as the result of a SCSI mode sense. You can
update the tape library setting for this field. When this field is set to 'On', the library insures that all elements
have been inventoried before entering the On-line state. If set to 'Off', the library only inventories itself when
commanded to by the Init Element Status or Init Element Status with Range command for the tape library. If you disable this option, the library will NOT perform an inventory when the door is opened. Normally, this option should remain 'On'. |
Barcode Label Checking | The value for this field is initially set by the LibMON product as the result of a SCSI mode sense. You can
update the tape library setting for this field. When this field is set to 'On', when the library performs an inventory
while going On-line, the bar codes are scanned. When set to 'Off', the barcodes are not scanned. The tape library only performs barcode scanning as part of its normal inventory process. If you change this option, the tapes in the library will not be re-scanned until an inventory occurs |
Device Names |
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Contact* |
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Email Notification | This field indicates whether or not e-mail messages will be sent to the contact for this tape library when an event is detected that makes this tape library unavailable. |
When you monitor a library, you can display information on either the Physical View Page or Logical View Page. The information displayed is the same in both views, but the Physical View Page shows the physical representation while the Logical View Pageshows a hierarchical representation of the library.
There are several ways to access a library’s Physical View or Logical View Page.
Both pages have detailed information for the following components:
On either the Physical View or Logical View pages, you can update the library data by selecting the Refresh option in the Library menu.