Larry, If you use the ALMS feature of the 3584 library, then you are locked in to the library doing the cleaning. An ALMS is a pretty nice feature to be using.
PS Can I ask why you have two single partition libraries instead of one with 2 partitions. Unless they are in different locations. And maybe a third partition for test use. len -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Peifer Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 8:15 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] IBM 3584 Tape Cleaning Those of you who have the IBM 3584 tape libraries - please weigh in on pros/cons of using either the Automatic Cleaning method of the host library or the Tape cleaning management method of the TSM server. We are configuring two 3584's to replace our four 3583 libraries. Our environment is TSM 5.3x server on AIX 5.3 with LTO2 drives and LTO2 tapes in the libraries with each library configured as it's own single partition.