HP B6960-90078 manual Configuring Automatic Drive Cleaning, Conditions for Automatic Cleaning

Conditions for Automatic Cleaning

Configuring and Using Backup Devices

Drive Cleaning

to store cleaning tape(s).

•Detection and use of cleaning tapes depends on the system platform where the Media Agent is running. See the HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Software Release Notes for further information.

•You should not use another kind of device management application if you configure automatic drive cleaning managed by Data Protector, as this may cause unexpected results. This is due to the “cleanme” request being cleared as it is read, depending on the specific device type and vendor.

•Automatic drive cleaning for logical libraries with a shared cleaning tape is not supported. Each logical library needs to have its specific cleaning tape configured.

Automatic drive cleaning is supported for libraries with barcode support, as well as for those without barcode support.

The following conditions must be met for automatic cleaning:

•In a library without barcode support, a cleaning-tape slot has been configured in the Data Protector device definition and contains a cleaning-tape cartridge. The cleaning-tape slot must be configured together with the other library slots.

•In a library with barcode support, the cleaning tape has a barcode label with “CLN” as its prefix. Further, barcode support must be enabled. Refer to “Activating Barcode Support” on page 66.

•The configured drive has the Detect Dirty Drive option enabled.

When Data Protector receives notification that the drive needs cleaning, it automatically loads the cleaning tape, cleans the drive, and then resumes the session.

All cleaning activities are logged in the following file:

•on Windows: <Data_Protector_home>\log\cleaning.log

•on UNIX: /var/opt/omni/log/cleaning.log

Configuring Automatic Drive Cleaning

The configuration of automatic drive cleaning is performed in two steps:

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