Thanks guys.
Library is on a remote hosted floor, no humanoids to walk by and notice
the Op panel.
I agree with Remco, we'll just load up more cleaners and I'll write
myself (yet another) yellow sticky note.
(The 3584 WILL give you an SNMP alert about cleans, I think, but this
customer doesn't have an SNMP monitor.)

W

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Remco Post
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:51 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Ejecting cleaning cartridges from the TS3500/3584

On 17 mrt 2010, at 19:45, Richard Sims wrote:

> On Mar 17, 2010, at 2:24 PM, Clay Willoughby wrote:
> 
>> But there is a handy message displayed on the front console telling
who ever walks by to eject a used up cleaning tape,,, that's very
handy....
> 
> I don't have a SCSI library, but I should think it would be relatively
easy to set up a simple monitor based upon dsmadmc -consolmode to watch
for message ANR8915I, and over time to issue Query LIBVolumes
Format=Detailed to look for "Cleanings Left" (or Select from LIBVOLUMES,
to act on the CLEANINGS_LEFT field) to perform a Checkout when the time
was right, accompanied by some message to the operator.
> 

Richard,

unfortunately, in most cases the TS3500 will manage the cleaning, and
the cleaners will not be visible to TSM. With ALMS, this is basically
the only viable option. The only way to find out about worn out cleaners
is via either the web interface or the operator panel on the lib itself.
The most viable solution is to just put 10 or more in the lib, and check
one every three months for any that need replacing, manually....

>   Richard Sims

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