Shelf Tape Check-In Retry. The number of seconds the PVR will wait before asking the robot if a
requested shelf tape has been checked-in. The PVR will continue checking at this inter val until the tape is
checked-in. This field applies only if the Support Shelf Tape checkbox is selected. The retry value must
be 30 or greater.
Shelf Tape Check-In Alarm. The PVR will periodically log alarm messages when a requested shel f tape
has not been checked-in. This field specifies the number of minutes between alarms. This fi eld is only
active if the Support Shelf Tape checkbox is selected. The alarm value must be 2 or greater.
Characteristics. Flags for the PVR:
•Defer Dismounts. If ON, the PVL will delay the dismounting of a tape cartridge until the
drive is required by another job or until the Dismount Delay time limit is exceede d.
•Support Shelf Tape. If ON, the PVR and the PVL will support the removal of cartridges
from the tape library using the shelf_tape utility.
5.1.1.2.1. SCSI PVR Informatio n Window
Field Descriptions
Server Name. The descriptive name of the PVR.
Total Cartridges. The number of cartridges currently being managed by the PVR.
Cartridge Capacity. The total number of cartridge slots in the library dedicated to this HPSS PVR.
This may or may not be the total cartridge capacity of the library; a site might use part of the library for
some other HPSS PVR or for some non-HPSS application. The PVR uses the Cartridge Capacity field
and the Cartridge Alarm Threshold field to determine when to send an alarm that the total cartridge
threshold has been exceeded.
Cartridge Alarm Threshold. The percentage of the Cartridge Capacity at which the PVR will send an
alarm.
Same Job on Controller, Other Job on Controller, & Distance To Drive. These values are used by the
PVR when selecting a drive for a tape mount operation. The three values are essentiall y weights that are
used to compute an overall score for each possible drive. After the score has been calc ulated, the drive
with the lowest score is selected for the mount. If two or more drives tie for the lowest score , one drive is
selected at random. The score is calculated as follows:
Score =
Weight 1 * Cartridges from this job mounted on this drive’s controller +
Weight 2 * Cartridges from other jobs mounted on this drive’s controller +
Weight 3 * Units of distance from the cartridge to the drive
This method has the effect of distributing a striped tape mount across as many controllers as possible for
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