Thanks guys. Library is on a remote hosted floor, no humanoids to walk by and notice the Op panel. I agree with Remco, we'll just load up more cleaners and I'll write myself (yet another) yellow sticky note. (The 3584 WILL give you an SNMP alert about cleans, I think, but this customer doesn't have an SNMP monitor.)
W -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Remco Post Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Ejecting cleaning cartridges from the TS3500/3584 On 17 mrt 2010, at 19:45, Richard Sims wrote: > On Mar 17, 2010, at 2:24 PM, Clay Willoughby wrote: > >> But there is a handy message displayed on the front console telling who ever walks by to eject a used up cleaning tape,,, that's very handy.... > > I don't have a SCSI library, but I should think it would be relatively easy to set up a simple monitor based upon dsmadmc -consolmode to watch for message ANR8915I, and over time to issue Query LIBVolumes Format=Detailed to look for "Cleanings Left" (or Select from LIBVOLUMES, to act on the CLEANINGS_LEFT field) to perform a Checkout when the time was right, accompanied by some message to the operator. > Richard, unfortunately, in most cases the TS3500 will manage the cleaning, and the cleaners will not be visible to TSM. With ALMS, this is basically the only viable option. The only way to find out about worn out cleaners is via either the web interface or the operator panel on the lib itself. The most viable solution is to just put 10 or more in the lib, and check one every three months for any that need replacing, manually.... > Richard Sims -- Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards, Remco Post [email protected] +31 6 248 21 622
