Re: 5010 tape drive question..

[Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@xxxxxxxxxx>]

WOOOOOOOO !

Dude !

You have a MAJOR tape library I take it ? Or are you on an 365+ day rotation 
plan
:-)

Chuck

Mike Shaw wrote:

> We did over 400 in our first initialize phase!  :-)
>
> Mike Shaw
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Date: Monday, October 19, 1998 1:47 PM
> Subject: Re: 5010 tape drive question..
>
> >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
> >> > >
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