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Ya, I'm suprised to hear what the CE is saying too. We had TONS of 3590 cartridges and I would initialize 10 or so at a time (normally) and I don't recall ever seeing the 3590 ask to be cleaned anymore than it normally did (?)... Chuck Don wrote: > Yo Dude! > > Yeah, this would kinda scare me in to thinking that SOMETHING is scrubbing > the oxide from my mylar! I'm not sure I buy your CE's reasoning right > now... If this were true, we should have gotten this kind of problem all > along throughout the years.... > > Don in DC.... > > On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Mike Shaw wrote: > > > Don, > > > > I have seen this with 3590's as well....CE explained it as new cartridges > > leaving a lot of residue and the end result being that cleanings are more > > frequent as a result initially....Does make sense if you look at it in terms > > of initializing the cartridges plus any save/restore activity...In our case, > > it did get back to a more normal cleaning cycle once we got through the > > initialization process. > > > > If you are still uncomfortable, check the error log and the volume stats via > > SST...If there are no perm or temp errors being logged, attribute it to the > > new cartridges and just keep an eye on it. It should decrease. > > > > HTH, > > > > Mike Shaw > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Don <dr2@access.digex.net> > > To: midrange-l@midrange.com <midrange-l@midrange.com> > > Date: Monday, October 19, 1998 10:41 AM > > Subject: 5010 tape drive question.. > > > > > > > > > > > > >Greetings, > > > > > >we've got a client with a 5010 tape drive and I'm getting ALOT of the > > >"clean the tape drive" light coming on. This is a new drive and new > > >tapes. Is there a known problem here or am I the only one having this > > >scenerio?? > > > > > >Don in DC > > > > > >+--- > > >| This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > > >| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > > >| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > > >| To unsubscribe from this list send email to > > MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > > >| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > > david@midrange.com > > >+--- > > > > > > > +--- > > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: >david@midrange.com > > +--- > > > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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