Can anyone help with this?
I have a Qualstar 46120 tape library outfitted with four AIT-2 drives.  I would 
like to set up a schedule for cleaning the drives.  Any recommendations on how 
I should do this?  I am using TSM 4.1.1 for Windows NT.

I do not think that this library has the built in capability of automating this 
process via a hardware solution.  I see that there is a cleaning frequency 
parameter with options for Gigabytes/ASNEEDED/None.  Is this what I should be 
using?  If so how should I set it for this library with AIT-2 drives?

Just a side note:  I thought the press releases for AIT-2 technology stated 
that these drives are self-cleaning.  If this is true, why does Sony make 
cleaning tapes?

Thanks for your help

Dean Winger
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Wisconsin Center for Education Research
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