SL3000 - Drives No Longer Being Cleaned After Partition Changes Made Using SLConsole

Asset ID:	1-72-2353119.1
Update Date:	2018-01-29
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Solution 2353119.1 : SL3000 - Drives No Longer Being Cleaned After Partition Changes Made Using SLConsole

Applies to:

Sun StorageTek SL3000 Modular Library System - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Customer made changes to the partition configuration using SLConsole 6.25. After the changes he noted that none of his tape drives were being cleaned anymore. Prior to the change all drives were being cleaned. The cleaning tapes are in valid locations in the library and are not expired. They are just no longer being used.

Changes

Customer used the partition wizard in SLConsole to add a CAP to a CEM in the SL3000.

Cause

This is a known problem with versions of firmware below FRS_4.50. Changes to the partitions database will turn all Auto Clean settings to false. Note, from levels prior to FRS 4.30 cleaning counts will also be lost.

Solution

Upgrade to latest firmware. This is fixed in FRS_4.50. When upgrading beyond 4.31, the partition Auto Clean setting will have to be reset initially but should be retained after 4.50.

To reset the Auto Clean setting, use SLConsole (Tools > Configuration ) or the CLI command...

partition autoClean set { * | <Partition Id> }

...where * = all partitions. (Use '0' for a non-partitioned library).

References

<NOTE:1511569.1> - SL500/SL3000/SL8500 - How to Download the SLConsole (SLC)
<BUG:23283638> - AUTO CLEAN IS DISABLED WHEN CELLS ARE RE-ALLOCATED.
<NOTE:1385893.1> - SL3000 - Support for Auto Clean in SL3000 Library

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