On the 3494, you set it up so that certain labels on the cartridges are 
seen as cleaning tapes. (i.e. CLN*). If your new cleaning tapes match the 
pattern, then there is nothing else to do. Perhaps your new cleaning tapes do 
not match the "cleaning tape mask" and you need to adjust/add to it.

        I'm not near my library, so I don't recall which menu it's under, but 
it ~is~ there... :-)

Ben


-----Original Message-----
From: Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM [mailto:Eric-van.Loon AT KLM DOT COM]
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 9:18 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: 3494 cleaning (2 nd. try)


Hi Richard!
Thank you very much for not ignoring me this time :-)
The output from  /usr/bin/mtlib -l $LMCP -vqK -s fffd:

Performing Query Inventory Volume Count Data using /dev/lmcp0
Inventory Volume Count Data:
   sequence number......10143
   number of volumes....0
   category.............FFFD

It looks like my library doesn't see the cleaning tape.
About two weeks ago I saw the first cleaning errors in the AIX error log. I
went to the library and I saw that the cleaning tape was ejected to the bulk
I/O area. So I removed it from the library and I placed a new one in the
bulk I/O area. The library picked it from there and placed it in an empty
cell. I though that that was enough, but apparently not. Is there a special
procedure for checking in a cleaner cartridge?
Thanks again!!!!!
Kindest regards,
Eric van Loon
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Sims [mailto:rbs AT BU DOT EDU]
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 16:10
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: 3494 cleaning (2 nd. try)


>I haven't received an answer yet, so I'll give it another try:

We've simply been ignoring you.  ;-)

>In the IBM Redbook "IBM Magstar Tape Products Family: A Practical Guide" I
>read the following line:
>
>For 3590 Magstar drives, use a value of 999 mounts to perform cleaning
based
>on drive request rather than library initiated.
>
>So I changed the value to 999, but nothing happens. Both drives are still
>displaying *CLEAN. The library doesn't seem to pick up the drives cleaning
>request. How can I make the library clean the drives?
>Thanks in advance for any reply!!!

Well, the first thing I would check is whether you have cleaning tapes in
your
library...that they have cycles left...that they have prefixes (like "CLN")
matching the spec defined in the library, etc.

 # Get number of tapes:
 /usr/bin/mtlib -l $LMCP -vqK -s fffd

 # Get available cleaner cycles number:
 /usr/bin/mtlib -l $LMCP -qL

No cleaning tapes = no cleaning.  Available cycles is something we have to
watch
for, as it can deplete rather quietly.  (Exhausted cleaning tapes may
auto-eject, but operators may send them offsite.  ;-)

  Richard Sims, BU


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