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Testing the drive cleaning configuration – HP B6960-90078 User Manual

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Configuring and Using Backup Devices

Drive Cleaning

Chapter 2

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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
Drive Detection

To enable dirty drive detection, select the

Detect dirty drive

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
for Cleaning Tape

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

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:

\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