Its pretty easy, if library supports autoclean use that, if not checkin
cleaning tape into backup application and let that do the cleaning.

Op 30 sep. 2016 08:03 schreef "Victor Shum" <victorshum AT cadex.com DOT hk>:

> Dear:
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> We are confuse on how to handle cleaning tape in TSM environment.
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> Background information:
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> IBM TS3200 tape library
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> TSM server on AIX
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> I had search internet; which comes out two different suggestion.
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> A.      Let the Tape library handle the auto-cleaning
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> B.      Disable Tape library auto-cleaning and configure TSM to handle
> auto-cleaning
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> So what will be the different between them; any pros and crons of it ?
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> Also if we would like to insert more than one cleaning tapes, which one can
> handle it ?
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> Please kindly share your recommendation and if any useful link to me
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> Best regards,
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> Victor Shum
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> Tivoli Senior Engineer
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