Our 3494 lib with 3590H drives get cleaned about twice a day each.  The new
3584
has 3592 drives . . . we're not sure what to expect for cleaning frequency.

Rick





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On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Richard Rhodes wrote:

> Is there a way to tell from AIX the number of cleaning cycles remaining
in
> a 3584?

We ended up using TSM-managed, ASNEEDED cleaning, so that it could monitor
our tapes.

> The web interface shows that there are 10 tapes, each with 50 cycles
> available - total=500.

BTW, in the three years we've had our 3584 I don't think our four drives
have needed to be cleaned more than five times each...

--Jim



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