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raymix
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Cleaning tape in unrecognized media pool

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Hi folks

If I created a media pool for my cleaning tapes, would automatic cleaning still work as long as tape is online?
I really don't like to keep my cleaning tape under "unrecognized" pool, because every time I want to mass import new tapes for GFS I have to CTRL+Click the cleaning tape to deselect it.
Apart from that minor nuisance it just doesn't fit in "Unrecognized" pool, cmon I can't be the only one :)

I haven't done it yet because according to documentation I find online that's the pool cleaning tapes are expected to reside in for some reason.
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Re: Cleaning tape in unrecognized media pool

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Hello raymix.

Cleaning media should stay in Unrecognized media pool, as that prevents this tape from being accidental used by the backup job. Cheers!
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Re: Cleaning tape in unrecognized media pool

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Hi Dima

What would happen if I created a new media pool not used by any tape jobs? Just to store cleaning tapes in it.
I suppose automatic cleaning jobs would stop working, correct?
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Re: Cleaning tape in unrecognized media pool

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Raimonds,

If I am not mistaken it's not possible to move the cleaning tape to the custom media pool.
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