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cleaning error msg with status 5

atif_munir
Level 4
Jan 4 18:05:17 cenbs avrd: Unable to retrieve drive's cleaning media type. status = 5


I have such errors in the dmesg of my box.Although I have successfully cleaned all the tape drives in the libaray.

Thanks,
atif
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zippy
Level 6
Atif,

Do you have the Cleaning Tapesproperly configured? Are the Cleaning tapes part on the NONE Volume pool.

Dmesg is a command for ------------>
dmesg(1M) dmesg(1M)

NAME
dmesg - collect system diagnostic messages to form error log

Most likley its a coincidence that you see an error 5, you may want to copy and paste that error into the servers manufacturer's web site.

HP's would be

http://www1.itrc.hp.com

JD