[Veritas-bu] TapeAlert cleaning, TLD, and Pools

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Cleaning tapes are a different kind of media to NB so the pool doesn't
matter.  If you lookup the pool on one of my cleaning tapes, it says "None".

-M

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From: William Enestvedt [mailto:Will.Enestvedt AT jwu DOT edu]
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 8:01 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] TapeAlert cleaning, TLD, and Pools


I asked:
> 
> If I want my DLT robots to clean themselves automatically...do 
> the cleaning tapes need to be in a specific Pool?
>
   I got several answers about frequency-based cleaning vs. on-demand
cleaning, but no mention of the importance of a cleaning tape's Volume Pool.
I have decided that it is not considered during backups.
   I dug out my manuals again, and this time I found an interesting note on
p. 116 of the "NetBackup DataCenter Media Manager System Administrator's
Guide - UNIX" (in the part about changing the attributes for a volume). It
says, at the top of the instructions for changing a volume's Volume Pool, in
between a pair of fat, black lines, "Note: Does not apply to cleaning
tapes."
   Curiously, the Java GUI will let you try to change a cleaning tape's
Volume Pool, which the motif interface doesn't even make it available.
   I'm going to try David Markham's shell script (in his post of 5/15/2002)
to watch for downed drives, and give up on this.
   Thanks to everyone for their help.
-wde
--
Will Enestvedt
UNIX System Administrator
Johnson & Wales University -- Providence, RI
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Cleaning tapes are a different kind of media to NB so =
the pool doesn't matter.&nbsp; If you lookup the pool on one of my =
cleaning tapes, it says &quot;None&quot;.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-M</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: William Enestvedt [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:Will.Enestvedt AT jwu DOT edu">mailto:Will.Enestvedt AT jwu DOT 
edu</A>=
]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 8:01 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] TapeAlert cleaning, TLD, =
and Pools</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I asked:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; If I want my DLT robots to clean themselves =
automatically...do </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; the cleaning tapes need to be in a specific =
Pool?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp; I got several answers about =
frequency-based cleaning vs. on-demand</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>cleaning, but no mention of the importance of a =
cleaning tape's Volume Pool.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>I have decided that it is not considered during =
backups.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp; I dug out my manuals again, and this =
time I found an interesting note on</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>p. 116 of the &quot;NetBackup DataCenter Media =
Manager System Administrator's</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Guide - UNIX&quot; (in the part about changing the =
attributes for a volume). It</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>says, at the top of the instructions for changing a =
volume's Volume Pool, in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>between a pair of fat, black lines, &quot;Note: Does =
not apply to cleaning</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>tapes.&quot;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp; Curiously, the Java GUI will let you =
try to change a cleaning tape's</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Volume Pool, which the motif interface doesn't even =
make it available.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp; I'm going to try David Markham's shell =
script (in his post of 5/15/2002)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>to watch for downed drives, and give up on =
this.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks to everyone for their =
help.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>-wde</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>--</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Will Enestvedt</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>UNIX System Administrator</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Johnson &amp; Wales University -- Providence, =
RI</FONT>
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