>We have a 3494 with 6 3590E1A and we have always let the drives decide >when to clean. I have a script that runs every morning on the AIX box >that has TSM on it and it creates a status report fort the Library and >one of the lines has to do with cleaning left on the cleaning >cartridges. When it gets below 50, I add another cartridge. been working >fine this way since 1998.
Actually, the library spits out spent cleaning cartridges, so it could simply be a task for the operator see that and react by inserting a new cart. (One could also carefully recycle the barcode label, given what those suckers cost.) Richard Sims
