Set Up Netbackup For Reactive Cleaning Using The Administration Console; Set Up Netbackup For Reactive Cleaning Using The Commandline; Set Up Symantec Backup Exec Drive Cleaning - StorageTek SL150 Manual

Clean interval (duration) — The desired interval between cleaning cycles.
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Clean using emptiest — Select Yes to use cleaning cartridges in round-robin
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fashion, starting from the least-used cartridge. Select No to use each cleaning
cartridge until it expires, starting from the cartridge with the fewest remaining
cleaning cycles (the default).

Set Up NetBackup for Reactive Cleaning Using the Administration Console

From the Administration Console, select Media and Device Management.
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Select Device Monitor, and then select Drives.
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In the Drive Status pane, select an SL150 drive and then open the Actions menu.
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Select the Set Cleaning Frequency parameter, and set the value to 0 (zero). This
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tells NetBackup to clean drives in response to Tape Alerts.
Repeat until you have configured all SL150 drives.
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Set Up NetBackup for Reactive Cleaning Using the Commandline

To add a drive to the NetBackup configuration, use the command tpconfig -add
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-drive -type [hcart|hcart2|hcart3] path drivepath -cleanfreq 0, where:
hcart* is the generic NetBackup media identifier.
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drivepath is the path to the device file for the drive. Stop here.
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If you have already added the drives to your NetBackup configuration, run the
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command /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tpclean/tpclean -F drive_name 0, where:
drive_name is the name that was assigned to the drive when it was added to
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the NetBackup device configuration.
0 is the value that turns off frequency-based cleaning in favor of reactive
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cleaning.

Set Up Symantec Backup Exec Drive Cleaning

On the Backup Exec navigation bar, select Devices.
1.
Select Robotic Libraries, and then select the robotic library for which you are
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setting up the cleaning.
Click Slots to display the library's slots in the right pane.
3.
Select the slot that contains the cleaning tape.
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In the task bar, under General Tasks, select Properties.
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Select the Cleaning Slot option, and click OK.
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Make sure that the cleaning tape is located in the slot that you defined as the
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cleaning slot.
Set Up Reactive Cleaning for HP StorageWorks Enterprise Backup Solution with HP
Data Protector
If you provide correctly labeled cleaning cartridges, Data Protector detects the
cartridges and automatically sets up reactive cleaning.
Configure Drive Cleaning
Managing Tape Drives 8-3