Is the tape in the NONE pool?
NetBackup wont see it as a cleaning tape by itself.

Take a look at this
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/275223.htm

Regards

Simon Weaver
3rd Line Technical Support
Windows Domain Administrator

EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)
Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU

Email: Simon.Weaver at Astrium-eads.net



-----Original Message-----
From: santam at sinaman.com [mailto:santam at sinaman.com]
Sent: 25 May 2006 11:00
To: WEAVER, Simon
Cc: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Policy for cleaning tape drive




What can i do if i really haven't got a barcode scanner?
any other solution for creating a cleaning policy?

regard,
SAN

----- Original Message -----
From:"WEAVER, Simon" <simon.weaver at astrium.eads.net>
To:"'santam at sinaman.com'" <santam at sinaman.com>,
veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject:RE: [Veritas-bu] Policy for cleaning tape drive Date:Thu, 25 May
2006 17:27:42 +0800
> Have you created a Barcode rule for the cleaning tape so NetBackup
> knows it's a cleaning tape?
>
> Regards
>
> Simon Weaver
> 3rd Line Technical Support
> Windows Domain Administrator
>
> EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)
> Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU
>
> Email: Simon.Weaver at Astrium-eads.net
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: santam at sinaman.com [mailto:santam at sinaman.com]
> Sent: 25 May 2006 10:10
> To: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Policy for cleaning tape drive
>
>
> I am using netbackup 5.1 on solaris 8 with a SUN L8 autoloader.
>
> netbackup detect the tape wrongly, i import a cleaning cartridge into
> the autoloader, but netbackup detect it as a data cartridge. does
> anyone has this same problem?
>
> and how do I create a policy for a monthly cleaning action?
>
> San
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