Configuring and Using Backup Devices

Drive Cleaning

 

1. Enable dirty drive detection. This needs to be done for all device types

 

(standalone and libraries). This enables Data Protector to recognize

 

the event issued by the drive.

 

2. Configure a slot for the cleaning tape in the library or magazine

 

device.

Enabling Dirty

To enable dirty drive detection, select the Detect dirty drive

Drive Detection

advanced option in the Settings property page for the drive. For

 

detailed steps, refer to the online Help index keyword “configuring drive

 

cleaning”.

Configuring a Slot

To configure a slot for a cleaning tape in a SCSI-II library, click the

for Cleaning Tape

Cleaning Slot option and select an existing slot in the drop-down list in

 

the Repository property page for the device. For detailed steps, refer to

 

the online Help index keyword “configuring drive cleaning”.

 

Testing the Drive Cleaning Configuration

 

To test if drive cleaning has been successfully configured, do the

 

following:

Preparation

1. Log on to the system where the Media Agent for the drive is installed.

 

2. Change to the Data Protector tmp directory:

 

• on HP-UX and Solaris systems: /var/opt/omni/tmp/

 

• on other UNIX systems: /usr/omni/tmp/

 

• on Windows systems: <Data_Protector_home>\tmp\

 

• on Novell NetWare systems: \usr\omni\tmp\

 

3. Create an ASCII file named simtab on Windows systems or .simtab

 

on UNIX systems. Consider the following when creating this file:

 

• The field separators should be a single ASCII character (tab or

 

space)

 

• The logical device name cannot be quoted and cannot contain

 

spaces (e.g. “test drive”)

 

The content of the simtab/.simtab file should be the following:

 

CLEANME <file_name> <drive_name>

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