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Eileen
Level 6
12 years ago

HOW to Clean Drive in BackupExec 2010

How to run Tape Clean job in Backup exec 2010 ?

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  • Donald_Eady's avatar
    Donald_Eady
    12 years ago

     

    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's avatar
    pkh
    Moderator
    12 years ago

    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.

    • Hani-M-Alhabshi's avatar
      Hani-M-Alhabshi
      Level 1
      7 years ago

      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?

  • Donald_Eady's avatar
    Donald_Eady
    Level 6
    12 years ago

     

    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