The STK libraries only require them if you're using library based
cleaning.
If you're using tape alert, or otherwise using Netbackup controlled
cleaning, you can make any tape ID a cleaning tape......then using "CLN"
labels is only a Really Good Idea (TM).
Also, Tape alert does not work (or didn't, last I heard) for Filer
attached drives.
Any tape drives connected to an NDMP device must be cleaned manually, or
on a "frequency based" schedule, as the NDMP devices do not know what to
do with the received tape alert message, like a Netbackup media server
would.
You could use Library based cleaning, but that must be turned on for all
drives in the Libary, and frequently causes problems with Netbackup.
Now back to your problem. If the media were "discovered" by Netbackup,
and they didn't have a barcode rule defined for them, they were probably
placed in the "DEFAULT" media type, which is probably HCART3.
In that case, you need to change the cleaning tapes to media type
"HC3_CLN", and make sure the "number of cleanings remaining" is set to a
value higher than 0, Volume Pool is set to "None".
However it is much easier to define your cleaning tapes before you
inventory the robot, as you can't change the media type in the GUI for
an assigned media cart.
Cheers,
Paul
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com
> [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Miller,
> Michael CTR USTRANSCOM J2
> Sent: March 26, 2007 7:25 AM
> To: tmac; toasters@mathworks.com
> Subject: RE: Drive cleaning
>
>
> Do you need a cleaning tape barcode label? Assumes your library uses
> barcodes of course, I don't know the device myself. The StorageTek
> libraries I have used required them.
>
> Mike Miller
> General Dynamics Information Technology
> Michael.Miller@gdit.com
> Phone: 618-229-1185
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com
> [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com]
> On Behalf Of tmac
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 5:00 PM
> To: toasters@mathworks.com
> Subject: Drive cleaning
>
>
> I have:
>
> 2 x R200(7.2.1.1), 1 x FAS980(7.2.1.1), 1 x Brocade 3850
> (5.2.0a) Scalar
> i500 (320) with 3 x LTO-3 (IBM, 64D0) All connected through FC switch.
> Th library is licensed for 82 slots. 80 of them have LTO3 tapes 2 of
> them are cleaning tapes
>
> I run the auto-configure on Veritas.
> It picks up the library on all three filers, only uses the library on
> one (as expected). It sees three paths to each of the tape
> drives (also
> as expected) The inventory scans all the media and sees 82
> tapes. I tell
> it ID 99 & 100 are the cleaning tapes.
>
> I can create policies and backup without any problems.
>
> Veritas NBU 6.0 (and MP2, MP3 & MP4) has a problem trying to clean the
> tape drives. When I try to manually clean one I get the following:
>
> (96) unable to allocate new media for backup, storage unit has none
> available
>
> Detailed status:
> requesting resource IBM.ULTRIUM-TD3:001:__ANY__
> Error nbjm (pid=22634) NBU status: 96, EMM status: No media
> is available
> unable to allocate new media for backup, storage unit has
> none available
> (96)
>
> Every time, it is the same.
>
> TapeAlert shows enabled for the drives.
>
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> --
> --tmac
>
> RedHat Certified Engineer
>
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