Richard,

It's not a 3494 ( I wish it were )
It's a standalone 3590 drive with a 10 slot magazine.
So can TSM dictate to clean the drive or does the drive need to do it
itself?
Any way to check ?

Stan




Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU> on 09/08/2001 17:49:22

Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>

To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
cc:    (bcc: Stan Vernaillen/BE/CCE)
Subject:  Re: Cleaning frequency ?



>I got a single 3590 library with a cleaning cartridge in there. the drive
>      has cleaning frequency "ASNEEDED".
>
>now the display says that the drive needs cleaning, but TSM does
nothing...

As Balanand indicates, TSM is not involved in drive cleaning on libraries
where a library manager controls the facilities.  If by "3590 library"
you mean a 3494, it needs to be configured to recognize volsers with a
specific mask value (usually, "CLN") and have stored cleaning cartridges
with that in their barcode labels.  Refer to the 3494 Operator Guide
manual.
Doing 'mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qL' should reveal the number of cleaner
cycles available on your cartridges.  If null, it doesn't know about them.

   Richard Sims, BU