Hi everyone,
 
I'm trying to get an LTO cleaning tape setup within our system, and I'm running 
into a strange problem.  We're running 4.5GA on Solaris 8 Master and Media 
servers with an L700 jukebox.
 
After setting up a cleaning tape using the wizard, I wanted to move the tape 
from the None volume pool to the NetBackup volume pool.  The GUI wasn't doing 
it for me, so I thought I'd try it using CLI by issuing the following command 
from the master server:
 
./vmchange -h crmmdb17 -p 1 -m A00000
 
I went to check the tape to make sure it had switched pools, alas:
 
# ./vmquery -m A00000
================================================================================
media ID:              A00000
media type:            1/2" cleaning tape (13)
barcode:               --------
media description:     Cleaning Tape
volume pool:           None (0)
robot type:            TLD - Tape Library DLT (8)
robot number:          0
robot slot:            3
robot control host:    crmmdb17
volume group:          NetBackup
vault name:            ---
vault sent date:       ---
vault return date:     ---
vault slot:            ---
vault session id:      ---
created:               Mon Dec 13 14:59:35 2004
assigned:              ---
last mounted:          ---
first mount:           ---
expiration date:       ---
cleanings left:        0
================================================================================
 
I didn't get any complaint from the vmchange command, so I'm not sure what's 
going on here.  I tried looking through bptm logs to see if there were any 
hints there, but found nothing.  Am I being a knucklehead by trying to assign a 
cleaning tape to an invalid Volume Pool?
 
Unrelated question, but one that's bothered me for a while.  How long will an 
LTO drive go before it needs to be cleaned?  We're running Seagate Vipers with 
over a thousand hours on them without having been cleaned.  None of them are 
showing a cleaning light, but I have no idea if that behavior is normal or not.
 
Thanks for any help!


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