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  3. Section V. Report Reference
  4. Backup Storage Utilization Reports
  5. Tape Library and Drive Utilization

Tape Library and Drive Utilization

Explore your data center using customizable report templates or by using parts of your IT infrastructure as entry points. Use Search to find reports, templates and dashboards across the portal.

Use the Reports tab to examine the catalog of templates, dashboards and reports - organized by products along with user-created, and system folders. This report is located here:

Backup Manager > Storage Utilization Reports > Tape Library & Drive Utilization

The Tape Library and Drive Utilization report displays the average drive utilization against the actual drive utilization for any given time period. Often, this report is used to justify VTL purchases. Identify how many tape drives are writing and for how long. In addition, the Drive Utilization and Performance report provides insight into the throughput, with drilldowns to drive performance.

This report does not display data from HP Data Protector or Veritas Backup Exec.

See Drive Utilization & Performance Report .

Table: Tape Library and Drive Utilization

Column name

Description

1. Library Utilization

At the top of each chart, a summary of the library utilization provides a context for the bar chart.

2. Bar Chart

Each bar shows the average amount of time the library drive(s) are being utilized stacked against the actual utilization time.

3. Tooltip Details

Mouse-over any of the bars on the chart to launch pop-ups of details.

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