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Product Manual WebPAM PROe - System Conguration
Media patrol
Media Patrol is a routine maintenance procedure that checks the magnetic media on each disk drive. Media
Patrol checks are enabled by default on all disk arrays and spare drives. Media Patrol is concerned with the media
itself,notthedatarecordedonthemedia.IfMediaPatrolencountersacriticalerror,ittriggersPDMifPDMis
enabled on the disk array.
See “Making Disk Array Settings” on page 192.
MAking MediA PAtrOl settings
To make Media Patrol settings:
1. Click the Administration tab.
2. Click the Background Activities icon.
The list of background appears.
3. Click the Settings button.
4. Check the Enable Media Patrolboxtoenable,unchecktodisable.
This settings enables or disables Media Patrol for your entire RAID system.
5. Click the Conrm button.
You can also enable or disable Media Patrol on individual disk arrays.