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HOW to Clean Drive in BackupExec 2010

Eileen
Level 6

How to run Tape Clean job in Backup exec 2010 ?

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Donald_Eady
Level 6
Employee Accredited

 

You can create and schedule a cleaning job for a robotic library drive. Additionally,
Backup Exec automatically cleans a robotic library drive when the drive issues a
tape alert that it requires cleaning.
Before submitting a cleaning job, you must define a cleaning slot that contains
the cleaning tape
 
To run a cleaning job
 
1 On the navigation bar, click Devices.
 
2 Click the drive or robotic library containing the drive, and then select the
drive.
 
3 Under Drive Tasks in the task pane, select Clean
.
4 To specify a job name or a job priority, in the Properties pane, under Settings,
click General.
 
 
5 If you want a person or group to be notified when the job completes, in the
Properties pane, under Settings, click Notification and select the options
you want.
 
 
6 If you want to run the job now, click RunNow. Otherwise, on the Properties
pane, under Frequency, click Schedule to set the scheduling options you
want to use.
 

http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC4855   Page 472 2010 Admin guide.. 

hope this is helpful

 
 

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Donald_Eady
Level 6
Employee Accredited

 

You can create and schedule a cleaning job for a robotic library drive. Additionally,
Backup Exec automatically cleans a robotic library drive when the drive issues a
tape alert that it requires cleaning.
Before submitting a cleaning job, you must define a cleaning slot that contains
the cleaning tape
 
To run a cleaning job
 
1 On the navigation bar, click Devices.
 
2 Click the drive or robotic library containing the drive, and then select the
drive.
 
3 Under Drive Tasks in the task pane, select Clean
.
4 To specify a job name or a job priority, in the Properties pane, under Settings,
click General.
 
 
5 If you want a person or group to be notified when the job completes, in the
Properties pane, under Settings, click Notification and select the options
you want.
 
 
6 If you want to run the job now, click RunNow. Otherwise, on the Properties
pane, under Frequency, click Schedule to set the scheduling options you
want to use.
 

http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC4855   Page 472 2010 Admin guide.. 

hope this is helpful

 
 

pkh
Moderator
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To clean a stand-alone tape drives, you just put in the cleaning tape and it will automatically eject after the drive is cleaned.

For a library, you need to put a cleaning tape into a slot and designated the slot as a cleaning slot in BE.  After that, you right-click on the library and select clean.

CARTc
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Thank, you all for reply on this question !

Cartc

 

How you design the slot as a cleaning slot in BE ?
How to schedudle the Cleaning tasks ?
How many times I use the Cleaning Cartridge Tape?