On Thursday 09 June 2005 01:23, Jon LaBadie wrote: >On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 09:46:33PM -0700, Lists wrote: >> I am having difficulties using cleaning tapes on a HP c1557a >> Surestore DAT 24x6 with Amanda 2.4.4p3, chg-zd-mtx shipped with >> Amanda, and mtx 1.2.18-5. Note: I am able to backup, move tapes, >> eject, etc. >> >> Some of the oddities I am seeing are given below followed by >> configuration information. > >I have the same unit, not working now :( > >I was unable to leave a cleaning cartridge in the magazine. >It was no fault of amanda, just the nature of the drive. >Anytime the drive saw the cleaning cartridge in the magazine >during its initial scan, it ran the cleaning cycle and >ejected the magazine.
My Seagate 4586n's (4 DDS2 tape magazine) did essentially the same thing, except they will occasionally get into a loop, continuously reloading the cleaning tape, which as you can imagine is a bit hard on head life. The next to last one ran every night for over a year before it demanded a cleaning tape, and 3 cleanings later it was gone forever. So I guess one shouldn't leave a cleaning tape in the magazine, inserting it by itself when the drive starts erroring. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
