A computer program product for managing disk drive media (DDM) failures, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to receive information relating to DDM failures in virtual tape servers;
- computer readable program code configured to store the information relating to the DDM failures in a data repository;
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- computer readable program code configured to analyze the information stored in the data repository to identify problems in an installed base of DDM, the analysis comprising analyzing comparative DDM failure data.