Cleaning Cartridge Use and Management

Maintaining a backup device in good working order requires periodic cleaning. Backup provides automatic cleaning of devices located in an autochanger. Backup does not support automatic cleaning for stand alone devices.

The SunSoft Backup Device Supplement contains a list of currently supported autochangers for which Backup automatically recognizes cleaning cartridges.

Use both the Jukeboxes and Devices resources to make the necessary selections for automatically cleaning your autochanger devices.

The choices specific to the autochanger appear in the Jukeboxes resource, where you enable and disable the automatic cleaning feature. Select the appropriate cleaning slots for the cartridges.

The functions specific to the devices located in the autochanger appear in the Devices resource. You are notified when a device needs cleaning, and of the date the device was last cleaned, and can decide how often a device should be cleaned.

Backup only cleans devices before mounting or after unmounting a volume in a device to ensure that there is no interference with other autochanger operations.

The Backup cleaning cartridge support provides notification messages to inform you of cleaning cartridge operations, as shown in Table 7-1.

Check the documentation from your autochanger manufacturer for recommendations on the frequency and cleaning methods for your autochanger devices.