> > > Is there a why to specify the cleaning frequency on SSO drives? The > > > cleaning frequency setting under Device Monitor, accessed by > > > right-clicking on the drive and selecting Drive Cleaning > > > Set Cleaning Frequency, is grayed out on all our SSO drives. > > > Additionally there does > > > not seem to be a way to change the attributes of the tape drive to > > > specify a cleaning frequency from the Change Drive dialogue > > > box for our SSO drives. > > > > Are you still trying to set frequency-based cleaning on your drives? > > Why? > > > > Unless you have antique drives, they will almost certainly > > implement the > > TapeAlert standard and/or self-clean. Do you have your drive > > manufacturer's recommendation to clean them based on usage hours? > > Yes, our manufacture recommended we clean our tape drives > based on usage hours.
That's interesting. I don't remember you specifying the drive; what make and model of drives are these? > I will look into TapeAlert and ensure it is enabled since it > looks like the only way to clean our tape drives with the current > version of NetBackup we have. TapeAlert goes back to DLT7000 days (late '90s) IIRC, but I do remember firmware updates for some drives which added TapeAlert or perhaps didn't implement it the way HP specified--so don't overlook the firmware possibility if your drives don't have TapeAlert as-is. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu