> My Sun L9 array has told me it needs a cleaning tape run. I have one so 
> that's no problem but what I'd like to know is if there is a way that 
> Amanda can receive info from the tape drive about the requirement for 
> cleaning and co-ordinate cleaning tape runs as part of the overall backup 
> stragegy?

My strategy, all human based, is to have the cleaning tape on the pile
of the next set of 6 tapes to be used.

I have my tapes pool divided into 3 sets of 6, once I have run through
the current set, I move the stack to the back and come up with a new
stack, on top of which is the cleaning tape.

Bests,

olivier