Oracle SL150 - Configure Automatic Cleaning in Oracle Secure Backup During Drive Setup; Set up Netbackup for Reactive Cleaning

• In a partitioned library, each partition must contain a compatible cleaning tape,
meaning you must provide duplicate cleaning tapes across partitions. The extra
cleaning tapes take up slots that could otherwise hold data tapes.
The sections below summarize the procedures for configuring host-managed cleaning.
Always refer to the host documentation for full details.
• Configure Automatic Cleaning in Oracle Secure Backup During Drive Setup
• Set Up NetBackup for Reactive Cleaning
• Set Up Symantec Backup Exec Drive Cleaning
• Set Up Reactive Cleaning for HP StorageWorks Enterprise Backup Solution with
HP Data Protector
• Set Up As-Needed Cleaning in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)
• Set Up Tape-Alert Cleaning in EMC Networker
• Set Up CommVault Drive Cleaning
Configure Automatic Cleaning in Oracle Secure Backup During Drive Setup
Configure drive cleaning for Oracle Secure Backup during the drive setup.
When you add tape drives to your Oracle Secure Backup configuration, select Yes
from the Auto clean list. Enter the following information:
• Clean interval (duration) — The desired interval between cleaning cycles.
• Clean using emptiest — Select Yes to use cleaning cartridges in round-robin
fashion, starting from the least-used cartridge. Select No to use each cleaning
cartridge until it expires, starting from the cartridge with the fewest remaining
cleaning cycles (the default).
Set Up NetBackup for Reactive Cleaning
Set up NetBackup for Reactive Cleaning using either the Adminstration Console or the
commandline.
Setup Reactive Cleaning Using the Administration Console
1. From the Administration Console, select Media and Device Management.
2. Select Device Monitor, and then select Drives.
3. In the Drive Status pane, select an SL150 drive and then open the Actions
menu.
4. Select the Set Cleaning Frequency parameter, and set the value to 0 (zero). This
tells NetBackup to clean drives in response to Tape Alerts.
5. Repeat until you have configured all SL150 drives.
Setup Reactive Cleaning Using the Commandline
1. To add a drive to the NetBackup configuration, use the command tpconfig -add
-drive -type [hcart|hcart2|hcart3] path drivepath ‐cleanfreq 0 , where:
• hcart* is the generic NetBackup media identifier.
• drivepath is the path to the device file for the drive. Stop here.
Chapter 7
Configure Drive Cleaning
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