Tape device loaded

Prometheus · Joined: 09 Mar 2016 Posts: 60

I would like to set a monitor to see if my tape drive is loaded or not. But i have no idea how to do this. Does anybody has tips?

KS-Soft · Joined: 03 Apr 2002 Posts: 12795 Location: USA

May be WMI test can help
Namespace: root\cimv2
Query: select Availability from Win32_TapeDrive
Alert if any Availability <> 3

Regards
Alex

Prometheus · Joined: 09 Mar 2016 Posts: 60

Hi Alex,

It works, but im no sure what the test is showing. Is it showing the status of the TapeDrive or something else?

KS-Soft Europe · Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 2832

This test gets all devices, visible by Windows as TapeDrive and checks Availability property.
Availability property may have the following values:
Other (1)
Unknown (2)
Running/Full Power (3)
Warning (4)
In Test (5)
Not Applicable (6)
Power Off (7)
Off Line ( 8 )
Off Duty (9)
Degraded (10)
Not Installed (11)
Install Error (12)
Power Save - Unknown (13)
Power Save - Low Power Mode (14)
Power Save - Standby (15)
Power Cycle (16)
Power Save - Warning (17)
Paused ( 18 )
Not Ready (19)
Not Configured (20)
Quiesced (21)

You may check if your device is listed as TapeDrive and it's current status using WMI Explorer (wmiexplorer.exe) and WQL query select Availability from Win32_TapeDrive

Please check for details at:
Win32_TapeDrive WMI class: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394491(v=vs.85).aspx
WMI Explorer: http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/wmi/index.htm