Configuring Automatic Cleaning In Oracle Secure Backup During Drive Setup; Setting Up Netbackup For Reactive Cleaning Using The Administration Console; Setting Up Netbackup For Reactive Cleaning Using The Commandline - Oracle StorageTek SL150 User Manual

Configuring Drive Cleaning Operations
This section summarizes the steps that you need to take in order to set up some
commonly used library host applications. Note, however, that the procedures below
are summaries. Always consult the host application documentation for full details and
late-breaking changes!

Configuring Automatic Cleaning in Oracle Secure Backup During Drive Setup

Oracle Secure Backup can automatically initiate cleaning when a tape drive requests it.
The software checks for cleaning requests whenever a cartridge is loaded or unloaded.
If cleaning is required, Oracle Secure Backup loads a cleaning cartridge, waits for the
cleaning cycle to complete, replaces the cleaning cartridge in its original storage
element, and continues with the requested load or unload. To configure automatic
cleaning, proceed as follows:
When you add each of the SL150 library's tape drives to your Oracle Secure
1.
Backup configuration, select Yes from the Auto clean list.
In the Clean interval (duration) field, enter the desired interval between cleaning
2.
cycles.
In the Clean using emptiest field, select yes to use cleaning cartridges in
3.
round-robin fashion, starting from the least-used cartridge, or no to use each
cleaning cartridge until it expires, starting from the cartridge with the fewest
remaining cleaning cycles (the default).
Click OK to save your changes.
4.

Setting Up NetBackup for Reactive Cleaning Using the Administration Console

If you use the Symantec NetBackup Administration Console to add or update drive
configurations, proceed as follows:
From the Administration Console, select Media and Device Management.
1.
Select Device Monitor.
2.
Select Drives.
3.
In the Drive Status pane, select an SL150 drive, and open the Actions menu.
4.
Select the Set Cleaning Frequency parameter, and set the value to 0 (zero). A
5.
frequency of zero tells NetBackup to clean drives in response to Tape Alerts.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 until all SL150 drives have been configured.
6.

Setting Up NetBackup for Reactive Cleaning Using the Commandline

If you use the Symantec NetBackup administrative commandline to add or update
drive configurations, set the cleaning frequency for each SL150 drive to zero, as
described below (for the full, authoritative, NetBackup command syntax, consult the
Symantec Commands reference for your version of the software).
If you need to add the drive to the NetBackup configuration, use the command
1.
tpconfig -add with the option -cleanfreq 0 and stop here. For example:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tpconfig -add -drive -type [hcart|hcart2|hcart3]
path drivepath
In the example, hcart* is the generic NetBackup media identifier that you are
using for LTO media and drivepath is the path to the device file for the drive.
Otherwise, if you have already added the SL150 drives to your NetBackup
2.
configuration, run the command
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