User manual ATI WEBPAM VERSION 1.1

[. . . ] WEBPAM USER MANUAL Version 1. 1 WebPAM User Manual Copyright © 2007 ATI Technologies, Inc. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the expressed, written permission of ATI. Trademarks ATI, and the ATI logo are registered in U. S. All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Important data protection information You should back up all data before installing any drive controller or storage peripheral. ATI is not responsible for any loss of data resulting from the use, disuse or misuse of this or any other ATI product. Notice Although ATI has attempted to ensure the accuracy of the content of this manual, it is possible that this document may contain technical inaccuracies, typographical, or other errors. [. . . ] If the write operation fails, Media Patrol reports the error to your PC's system log and to the physical drive's Bad Sector Log (see page 58). This action triggers a BSL update message and an email message if you enabled that notification option (see page 38). To start Media Patrol immediately: 56 Chapter 5: Monitor and Manage 1. 3. Click on the Physical Drive View Click on the Physical Drive icon. icon in Tree View. Click on the Media Patrol tab in Management View. 4. Click the Start Now button. To schedule Media Patrol to run at a later time: 1. Click on the Physical Drive View Click on the Physical Drive icon. icon in Tree View. Click on the Media Patrol tab in Management View. 4. Click on the by Day, by Week or by Month option. From the dropdown menus, select a start time and a day of the Week or Month, if applicable. Start time is based on a 24-hour clock. 6. Click the Schedule button. To cancel the scheduled Media Patrol operation: 1. Click on the Physical Drive View icon in Tree View. 57 WebPAM User Manual 2. 4. Click on the Physical Drive Click the Disable option. icon. Click on the Media Patrol tab in Management View. Physical Drive Bad Sector Log On occasion, an error can arise with the media on a physical drive. WebPAM keeps track of bad sectors in order to inform you of the condition of individual physical drives. To access a physical drive's bad sector log: 1. Click on the Physical Drive View Click on the Physical Drive icon. icon in Tree View. Click on the BSL tab in Management View. If any bad sectors are found, they are listed here. WebPAM informs you by popup and email messages when a bad sector error is logged (see page 38). After 10 bad sectors have been discovered on a physical drive, WebPAM issues a warning to replace the drive. After 20 bad sectors have been discovered: · On fault-tolerant (RAID 1 or 10) logical drives, the RAID controller will set down the physical drive (take it offline) and the logical drive will go critical. Replace the physical drive and rebuild your logical drive. · On non-fault-tolerant (RAID 0) logical drives, the physical drive remains online. Backup your data, replace the physical drive, create a new logical drive and copy your data to it. See "Logical Drive Rebuild" on page 70 and "Logical Drive Critical / Offline" on page 77. [. . . ] Plus, your disk array remains available while these operations take place. These added requirements increase complexity and take more time. Can I run WebPAM without a network connection?You can run WebPAM without a network connection but only from the Host PC. [. . . ]