Host-Based Cleaning Of A Drive; Configuring I/O Stations; Selecting Drive Ids And Drive Types - IBM System Storage TS3310 Setup And Operator Manual

Host-based Cleaning of a Drive

Backup applications or archive firmware applications use different techniques to
automate the process of cleaning drives. These tools specify cleaning cycles based
on cycle counts of the drive, drive requests, or regularly scheduled intervals.
The cleaning process itself requires certain considerations:
v Cleaning cartridges must be labeled with a volume serial number. In some cases,
v Insert a cleaning cartridge just as you do any other data cartridge. For example,
v Cleaning cartridges often have limited lives that can last only as long as 20
v Export a cleaning cartridge just as you would export any other data cartridge.
v The concepts of physical libraries and logical libraries must be considered when

Configuring I/O Stations

I/O Station slots are used to import and export cartridges into and out of the
library without disrupting normal library operations. I/O Stations in Expansion
Modules (EMs) can be configured as either I/O Station slots or storage slots.
Depending on the configuration, the library contains at least one I/O Station,
which can contain one or two magazines. Each magazine contains six slots.
v A control module contains six I/O Station slots, and one magazine.
v A 9U expansion module contains twelve I/O Station slots, and two magazines.
Note: If the library consists of a control module only, the I/O Station must be
Storage slots in an I/O Station configured as storage are normally assigned across
multiple logical libraries. In order to increase or decrease the number of I/O
Station slots in the library. If it is desired to keep all the cartridges in a particular
logical library together,
v Export the cartridges by logical library and keep them grouped together.
v Delete all logical libraries from the I/O station.
v Import as a group back to that particular logical library after the I/O Station

Selecting Drive IDs and Drive Types

You can change the SCSI ID for a SCSI-attached tape drive or the Loop ID for a
Fibre-attached tape drive. This is necessary, for example, when the default ID for a
tape drive that you are installing conflicts with the assigned SCSI ID of an existing
tape drive. In addition, you might be using a host application that expects to
specific labels have been established as industry standard. For instance, the
prefix "CLN" might be used to identify a cleaning cartridge. The library does
not require a specific content to the label and accepts conventional cartridge
labels.
the most common method is by means of the I/O station using host application
control.
cycles. The controlling host application manages the number of uses of a
cleaning cartridge. Errors can occur if a cartridge is inserted into a drive when
the cartridge has already been used the maximum number of times.
setting up cleaning procedures and methods.
Both magazines in a 9U expansion module must be configured the same way.
configured as I/O Station slots.
slots have been reconfigured.
Chapter 5. Configuration Planning
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