New Media Optimization Wizard

The wizard provides an interactive way to run a bulk new tape initialization with multiple cartridges and drives through the WebGUI.

While the optimization process is running, the library is exclusively reserved for this procedure. No other operations can be started in parallel.

You can start the ‘LTO 9 New Media Optimization’ Wizard by selecting Cartridges > LTO 9 New Media Optimization.

Select Cartridges

The wizard provides a list where cartridges can be selected. After selected, the cartridges will be moved to the ‘Selected Cartridges’ list on the right side of the Wizard window. Pressing the button “Select All” selects all listed cartridges. Unidentified cartridges are also shown.

Cartridges display one of three different initialization statuses:

  1. An ‘X’ icon is shown if the cartridge is LTO 9 but not yet initialized.
  2. A green arrow icon is shown if it is already initialized.
  3. ‘N/A’ is shown if the state is unknown, due to non-LTO 9 media or not previously loaded to a drive. Note: If a cartridge was never loaded to a drive, the cartridge generation cannot be recognized without a valid barcode label.

Select Drives screen

The next screen provides the list of those drives that will be used for the initialization process, only LTO 9 drives and newer. The drives must be powered on and ready to appear in the list. One drive or multiple drives can be selected. Pressing “Select All” selects all listed drives.

Finish screen

After the selection of the drives, the wizard is now ready to be run. At the ‘Finish Page’, all previously provided data is listed again before the execution can be triggered.

After the user confirms all data as valid, they can start the wizard by pressing “Finish”. The wizard shows the current progress of the single tasks.

While the bulk media optimization is running, the wizard shows the current progress of the single tasks. The following states for the tasks are shown:

  • Media optimization completed
  • Media optimization in progress
  • Media optimization not yet started
  • Aborted

Abort bulk media optimization

The finish page provides the option to abort the bulk media optimization. If the bulk media optimization is aborted, the media optimization for all loaded cartridges completes. When all cartridges are moved back to their source slot, the abort is finished.