Tape drive cleaning

[davidwatts71]

Can anyone verify that automatic tape drive cleaning is still working with the latest versjon (11.0.0.837 P20210525) we noticed our tape performace was degraded until the tape job failed yesterday. Did a manual tape clean from the tape robot (Quantum Scalar i3) and tape performance is back again.

[davidwatts71]

I remember in previous versions this was automatic. We have the option "Perform drive cleaning automatically" selected in veeam

Job history does not show that Veeam cleaned the drive.

TapeDrive alert: The tape drive is due for routine cleaning:. Wait for the current operation to finish. Then use a cleaning cartridge. Check the tape drive user manual for device specific cleaning instructions.

[Dima P.]

Hello David,

Yes, it's working and we do not have any on going issues with the cleaning functionality. Can you confirm that drive cleaning is enabled in Veeam B&R and disabled in the library properties (you should have only one option enabled to avoid conflicts)? Thanks!