How to go back to Tape Alert after setting up frequency-based cleaning on robotic drives

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Many drives support Tape Alert, which signals when the drive needs cleaning. VERITAS NetBackup (tm) then mounts a cleaning tape and cleans the drive. If a tape drive has been set to clean after a specific number of hours, NetBackup will mount a cleaning tape at the specified frequency, regardless of whether or not a Tape Alert has been sent.

If you wish to stop using frequency-based cleaning and strictly rely on Tape Alert, simply set the frequency to 0 (zero) hours. NetBackup will then stop using frequency-based cleaning and will instead use Tape Alert if the drive supports it.

There is no option in NetBackup to use Tape Alert; NetBackup will always use Tape Alert if it is supported by the hardware.

Products Applied:
NetBackup DataCenter 4.5
NetBackup Enterprise Server 5.0

Last Updated: March 16 2004 12:22 PM GMT
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Subjects:
NetBackup DataCenter
Application: How To
NetBackup Enterprise Server
Application: How To

Languages:
English (US)

Operating Systems:
Windows 2000

Server

AIX

4.3.3, 5.1

HP-UX

11.0.

Solaris

2.6, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Windows NT

4.0 Server

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