ITDT - Menus And Perspectives

ITDT provides perspectives for Diagnostic/Maintenance, Copy Services, Log Files, and Tapeutil.

The main steps in the Diagnostic/Maintenance perspective are scanning the bus, selecting a tape/changer device, and subsequently performing tests or configurations.
In the Copy Services perspective tape content can be either copied or migrated.
The Log Files perspective reveals detailed information about drives, cartridges, and changers.
The Tapeutil perspective is an interface to execute direct commands to drives and changers.

File

Open Log File

Opens the file dialog to load a blob or dump file into the Log Files perspective.

Manual Record

Opens the Manual Record Generator dialog to generate a file with a user defined failure description.

Quit Application

Closes the application.

Window

Diagnostic/Maintenance

Switches to the Diagnostic/Maintenance perspective to perform test and configuration tasks.

Copy Services

Switches to the Copy Services perspective to copy or migrate tape content.

Log Files

Switches to the Log File perspective to display decoded blob and dump files.

Tapeutil

Switches to the Tapeutil perspective to invoke direct commands for drives and changers.

Preferences

User Settings

Test station/Name - The contents of this text field will be included in the blob file. It will be shown in the event list section METRO BLOB HEADER in the field CUSTOMER NAME.
Company - The contents of this text field will be included in the blob file. It will be shown in the event list section METRO BLOB HEADER in the field CUSTOMER COMPANY.
Output path - Use the Browse button to select a folder where files like dumps and blobs will be stored.
Log level - Defines the scope of logging. Possible values are: OFF, SEVERE, WARNING, INFO, CONFIG, FINE, FINER, FINEST, ALL. The log files are stored in the log files folder specified under Logging Path (below).
Input path - Folder path where downloaded firmware files are stored.
Logging path - Log files folder where logging information will be stored.

Program Update Settings

Automatic Update Checking - Enables/disables (ON/OFF) automatic checking for updates of ITDT at application start.

Help

Help Contents

Opens the ITDT Help window.

Check For Program Updates

Opens a dialog and checks for available updates of the program. If there are updates, you can update the application hitting OK or cancel the update with Cancel
The button Show List of Changes opens a window displaying the release notes of the application.

About ITDT

There are three tabs available: General, Bundles, and Configuration.

General displays the version number of ITDT and copyright information.
Bundles provides information about the used bundles with version number and the name of the providing organization.
Configuration informs about the Java version paths and other configuration items.