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rbadilla
Level 3
2 years ago

LTO cleaning tape definition with two different drives?

Hi all: I need some advice. I have a client with Quantum i3 tape library; with one LTO7 and other LTO8 tape drives and 50 slots. Both drives are in the same partition; but since the client still hav...
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    StefanosM
    2 years ago

    there are two ways.
    the first is to add the tape manually flowing this tech-note (change it to your needs) and after you insert the tape to a slot right click on it and select  update barcode.
    https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100023319

    the second and more easier is to create a barcode rule to add a cleaning tape as HCART. After you add the first tape, change the rule to HCART2 and add the second cleaning tape.

    Note: All cleaning tapes can be used for 50 cleanings and not for 25 (25 this is the default cleaning cycles in netbackup)

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StefanosM
Level 6
2 years ago

there are two ways.
the first is to add the tape manually flowing this tech-note (change it to your needs) and after you insert the tape to a slot right click on it and select  update barcode.
https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100023319

the second and more easier is to create a barcode rule to add a cleaning tape as HCART. After you add the first tape, change the rule to HCART2 and add the second cleaning tape.

Note: All cleaning tapes can be used for 50 cleanings and not for 25 (25 this is the default cleaning cycles in netbackup)