Re: LTO 3583 drive cleaning

On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 08:29:24AM -0500, Jeff Bach wrote:
> When will the drive automatically be cleaned? How is it setup for a lights
> out location?

I observe the cleaning light go on. A message appears about a minute later on 
TSM
console saying that drive needs a clean and it cleans it.

I have no idea how the library controller/tape drive communicates with the
TSM server, but it works.

Cheers, Suad
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>         -----Original Message-----
>         From:   Suad Musovich [SMTP:suad AT CCU1.AUCKLAND.AC DOT NZ]
>         Sent:   Monday, May 28, 2001 5:02 AM
>         To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>         Subject:        Re: LTO 3583 drive cleaning
>
>         > please let me advice, if anyone has some experience with automate
> drive
>         > cleaning in TSM 4.1. in 3583 library. In 3583 user guide is
> written, that is
>         > desirable clean the drive only if drive recognize it itself (on
> display
>         > appears special symbol).
>         > 1. Does 3583 make some notification to TSM server, that drive
> clean is
>         > needed?
>
>         Yes, like this:
>          ANR8914I Drive DRIVE04 (/dev/rmt/10mt) in library DLTLIB needs to
> be cleaned.
>
>         > 2. Take TSM some automatic action, if cleaning cartridge is
> present in
>         > library (in inventory)?
>
>         You have to check in a cleaning cart in a specific way (see the
> Admin guide) and
>         set the "cleaning frequency" option on the drive(s) to "ASNEEDED"
>
>         > 3. Is that action notified in actlog (which message)?
>
>         The series of messages:
>          ANR8914I Drive DRIVE04 (/dev/rmt/10mt) in library DLTLIB needs to
> be cleaned.
>          ...
>          ANR8906I Cleaning drive DRIVE04 (/dev/rmt/10mt) in library DLTLIB.
>          ANR8908I CLEAN DRIVE for drive DRIVE04 (/dev/rmt/10mt) in library
> DLTLIB completed
>          successfully.
>
>
>         Suad
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