Set the drive cleaning frequency
When you add a drive to NetBackup, you configure the automatic, frequency-based cleaning interval. From the you can change the cleaning frequency that was configured when you added the drive.
To set the cleaning frequency
- Open the NetBackup web UI.
- On the left, click Storage > Tape storage. Click the Device monitor tab.
- Select a drive.
- Click Actions > Drive cleaning > Set cleaning frequency.
- Enter the number of mount hours between drive cleaning.
The Set cleaning frequency option is not available for the drives that do not support frequency-based cleaning. This function is not available for shared drives.
The drive cleaning interval appears in the Drive properties.
- Click Save.