Yeah, I'd like to know which of the two types of cleaning (old
school/new school) NetWorker is doing under 6.1.1 and what version it
changes under. Also, if our version is doing it the old way wherein it
cleans according to some schedule, what's the defualt time period?

George

Tim Mooney wrote:
>
> In regard to: Re: [Networker] Questions on setting up cleaning for...:
>
> > If, thru the Networker gui you go:  MEDIA   JUKEBOX   change AUTOCLEAN to
> > yes    Networker will check on each tape load to see if the drives require
> > cleaning, If they do it will load the cleaning tape prior to whatever tape
> > is was going to load.  This is not a schedule.  The cleaning tape only loads
> > when the drive requests cleaning.
>
> That's what I get for posting a response on a question without reviewing
> the dialog (going from memory).
>
> It *used to be* that NetWorker cleaning was periodic, meaning it was every
> so often (I don't know if it was based on how many hours a drive had been
> used, or if it was just "every N days/weeks/months/whatever"), but you
> could configure how often.
>
> I just checked our 6.1.3 server, and it appears my "NetWorker cleaning
> bigotry" is out of date.  It's hard to tell based on the Help->On Window
> exactly how NetWorker determines that a drive needs cleaning, but it seems
> pretty clear that what you're saying is correct -- NetWorker only cleans
> a drive when it determines the drive needs cleaning.  That's a big
> improvement over the old functionality.
>
> I've been using NetWorker a long, long time, and it appears I need to
> review some of my biases.
>
> Does anyone know when this particular bit of functionality changed?
>
> Tim
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