Well, I have a 3584 that I have had nearly 4 years.
Originally had (8) LTO1 drives and added (6) LTO2
drives over a year ago.
I remember this discussion some time back and some people
had NEVER had a cleaning tape used and a few had problems
and had used a bunch. I was in the never group back then.
I just checked and my ORIGINAL cleaning cartridge has been used
8 times. I am now backing up about 1.5 TB per day and making
offsite copies.
David B. Longo
System Administrator
Health First, Inc.
3300 Fiske Blvd.
Rockledge, FL 32955-4305
PH 321.434.5536
Pager 321.634.8230
Fax: 321.434.5509
david.longo AT health-first DOT org
>>> Wanda.Prather AT JHUAPL DOT EDU 11/11/05 12:55 PM >>>
About a year ago this topic was discussed on the list, but no one had an
answer.
So here it is again:
I have 3 IBM 3583 tape libraries with LTO1 & LTO2 drives. The oldest
has been working over 2 years.
They are set to autoclean, and the cleaning tapes were imported using
the front panel.
So the library should be doing cleaning automatically.
But when we check the status of the cleaning carts on the front panel,
it shows 0 cleans have EVER been done.
Now, I know that LTO drives don't need to be cleaned that often, and
these libraries get less than 100GB per day moved.
But TWO YEARS without a cleaning?!?
Does ANYONE with a 3583 register automatic cleanings done on the drives?
Thanks!
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