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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume II
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  4. About tape drive cleaning
  5. About using a cleaning tape
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume II

About using a cleaning tape

You can specify the number of cleanings that are allowed for a cleaning tape. This number is reduced with each cleaning. When the number of cleanings is zero, NetBackup stops by using the cleaning tape. Then, use a new cleaning tape or increase the number of cleanings that are allowed for the tape.

Note:

NetBackup does not control the cleaning tapes that library-based cleaning uses.

Veritas suggests following the recommendations from cleaning tape vendors for the amount of tape usage. If you clean a tape past its recommended life, cleaning delays can occur (due to excessive tape position operations) and drives can be downed.

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