One can make a home-brewed approach to finding out cleanings that are
left by lifting the cleaning data using this command (with DLTs):

vmquery -mt dlt_clean -b

In addition you can get the output of Device Mgmt --> Drives --> Drive
Cleaning... by using the command line 'tpclean'


Regards,

RCA


Dennis Dwyer wrote:
> 
> When you enter a Cleaning Tape into a library via NetBackup you have to tell 
> it
> how many cleanings the tape is good for. A new tape is good for 20 cleanings 
> and
> when that number is exhausted, it will not be mounted again. You do not, as 
> far
> as I can tell, get notified. The only way I know my tapes are used up is via 
> the
> media manager reports against media type (DLT Cleaning). If the "Cleanings 
> Left"
> field is zero, out it comes. If anyone knows of a better, more automated way,
> I'm interested.
> 
> Regards,
> Dennis
> 
> Quote: "Time is not a test of the truth"
> Translation: Just because you've always done it that way, doesn't make it 
> right
> 
> Dennis F. Dwyer
> Enterprise Storage Manager
> Tampa Electric Company
> 
> (813) 225-5181  - Voice
> (813) 275-3599  - FAX
> 
> Visit our corporate website at www.tecoenergy.com
> 
> >>> "McEntee, Damian" <Damian.McEntee AT bskyb DOT com> 01/11/01 09:11AM >>>
> Hello,
> 
> could anyone tell me if we alerted to the fact that a cleaning tape has come
> to the end of it's life cycle or if we have to manually eject the tape after
> a certain period of time.
> 



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