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Thank your for your request regarding reporting optimization status on LTO9 media. We know that being able to tell whether or not media is optimized allows you to know when this task is required. Unfortunately, the optimization status is not known until the media is first mounted in a drive. A way you can tell if a cartridge may need optimization, is whether it has been mounted yet. If a cartridge has been mounted, it will not need optimization. If it has not yet been mounted, it may need optimization but this cannot be predicted.
“Can you clarify this request? It seems like like a catch-22 in that the only way the library can determine the pre-calibration status is via the drive when the cartridge is mounted. And once the cartridge is mounted, by definition, the cartridge will then be calibrated. Is the request to indicate the most recent mount of the cartridge?”