Cleaning in v4.5

[DataUK]

I am trying to use the tpclean command on an NT server running DataCenter v4.5 with shared SDLT tape drives in a StorageTek robot. I realise that the manuals say that I can not set a frequency for cleaning automatically, but I can not even get a manual clean to run using the command "tpclean -C sdlt_0" where "sdlt_0" is the drive name as reported by "tpclean -L".

Any suggestions on a way of doing this would be greatly appreciated.

DataUK,
NT+W2K+OS/2 Country Level Intel Support

 

[PGPhantom]

Are you running the command: tpclean -C sdlt_0 on the actul server that controls the robot? Do you get any errors? Have you verified that your robot contains a cleaning tape that that still has additional cleanings remaining. I am not familiar with StorageTek but in some robotics configurations, serveral cleaning tapes are need in different slots as there may be a break in the slots where drive 1 & 2 will see the first 20 slots and Drives 3 and 4 the next 20 so on and so forth?

 

[comtec17]

What STK library are you using?

Do you have the cleaning tape in a regular slot or the playground? If it is in the playground slot, NBU will not know about the cleaning tape. You must clean it using the library menus.

 

[magalooch]

Most STK Libraries support autoclean ( cleaning the drives when they need to be cleaned)- you can enable this via the stk control panel. all that will happen is you will lose "1" slot as far as the os and backup software are concerned - example : stk L40 will present 41 slots to the host with autoclean disabled, enabled the slot count is reduced - the cleaning slot in this instance will be the slot directly above the 2 slots in the CAP.

If you need assistance on determining this on your library please let me know.

NOT:_Drives should ONLY be cleaned when the drive actually physically requests this

 

[magalooch]

Most STK Libraries support autoclean ( cleaning the drives when they need to be cleaned)- you can enable this via the stk control panel. all that will happen is you will lose "1" slot as far as the os and backup software are concerned - example : stk L40 will present 41 slots to the host with autoclean disabled, enabled the slot count is reduced - the cleaning slot in this instance will be the slot directly above the 2 slots in the CAP.

If you need assistance on determining this on your library please let me know.

NOTE:_Drives should ONLY be cleaned when the drive actually physically requests this