If you read carefully library maintenance manual you would find that
library requires a cartridge with specific label (starting with CLNI, i.e.
CLNI39 is the one I've used last week) and performs cleaning
automatically. So set CLEANFREQ=NONE as Mark pointed. Those of you WITH
3584 may have overlooked that base frame is with 141-281 slots according
to IBM Announcement but capacity is 14-28TB, not 14.1-28.1. This is again
due to one slot occupied by cleaning cartridge for library automatic
cleaning.

Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant




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Subject:        LTO don't need clean up?

Hi all,

one of LTO 3583 (2 drives) we take care of still didn't clean drives. It
is
operate from january 2002 and there is about 10-20 GB daily data flow
through each drive, 3-5 daily tape-mounts. Both drives are set to ASNEEDED
cleaning frequency, but no clean occured from january (!!), no dirty drive
signalized on display ... is it possible? LTO box is placed in climatized
dust-free environment, but .....??? Has anyone some similar experience
with
LTO clean frequency?

Tom