HP B6960-90078 manual Testing the Drive Cleaning Configuration

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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