[Veritas-bu] Cleaning Methodology

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Hi all,

I have NBU 3.41 with patch 4 installed on a Win2K master/media server with
an attached StorageTek L40 and 3 LTO drives. This library has 40 tape slots
and one cleaning cart slot. I'm not quite clear on how to set up cleaning on
this robot.

Q1: Do I enable Autoclean on the library? My understanding is this causes
the library to manage this function, detecting when drives report cleaning
needed. Correct?

Q2. Do I disable Autoclean and configure NBU to handle it? If so, how is NBU
configured? Should I use time-based cleaning or TapeAlert? What are the pros
and cons of both, and the steps to make this happen? Every time I try to add
a volume manually and specify slot 41, I get an error indicating that the
robot doesn't have that many slots (even though STK claims in their manual
that the 41st slot can either be used for a cleaning tape or a data tape). 

If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it!

Chris Brewer



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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Hi all,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I have NBU 3.41 with patch 4 installed =
on a Win2K master/media server with an attached StorageTek L40 and 3 =
LTO drives. This library has 40 tape slots and one cleaning cart slot. =
I'm not quite clear on how to set up cleaning on this robot.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Q1: Do I enable Autoclean on the =
library? My understanding is this causes the library to manage this =
function, detecting when drives report cleaning needed. =
Correct?</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Q2. Do I disable Autoclean and =
configure NBU to handle it? If so, how is NBU configured? Should I use =
time-based cleaning or TapeAlert? What are the pros and cons of both, =
and the steps to make this happen? Every time I try to add a volume =
manually and specify slot 41, I get an error indicating that the robot =
doesn't have that many slots (even though STK claims in their manual =
that the 41st slot can either be used for a cleaning tape or a data =
tape). </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">If anyone can help, I'd appreciate =
it!</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Chris Brewer</FONT></B>
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