My first 3584 library was set up for auto-clean with LTO Gen 1 tape drives -- and when it went off-lease, the only counts on the cleaning tapes were from manually mounting them to check out tape drives.
I've got two years on the second library, 10 LTO Gen 2 drives, running about 4 TB of data per night through the system. I haven't used a cleaning tape cycle yet, nor have I seen any SCSI errors that indicate a drive needs cleaning. And I'm still running a lot of the original Gen 1 tapes. I think the engineers outdid themselves on designing self-cleaning systems. Tom Kauffman NIBCO, Inc -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gill, Geoffrey L. Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 5:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: LTO Auto Cleaning I've been looking for messages from the LTO2 drives stating they need cleaning. I know that the library auto cleaning is turned off and by looking at it through the web interface that is true. I can also see that there is a C on one of the drives looking through the same web interface. TSM is configured to clean the drive as needed but I don't see the drive sending any message to the TSM server stating such. I can run "clean drive" just fine from the command line and thus the C through the 3584 web interface clears the "C". I've tried looking for the ANR8914I message but don't see one. Is there something I've missed? Thanks, Geoff Gill TSM Administrator PeopleSoft Sr. Systems Administrator SAIC M/S-G1b (858)826-4062 Email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, distribute or take action in reliance upon this message. If you have received this in error, please notify us immediately by return email and promptly delete this message and its attachments from your computer system. We do not waive attorney-client or work product privilege by the transmission of this message.
