Cleaning properties for devices
Cleaning properties for devices provide statistics on totals and errors since the last cleaning. The documentation included with your device should list the acceptable limits for hard and soft errors; if not, check with the hardware manufacturer.
For robotic library drives, the statistics on the Cleaning tab are automatically updated when a cleaning job successfully completes.
If you want to maintain accurate cleaning statistics for your stand-alone drives, you can reset the cleaning statistics after the drive has been manually cleaned.
See Creating a cleaning job.
Table: Cleaning properties for devices
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Item
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Description
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Last cleaning date |
Displays the last date a cleaning operation was performed on the device.
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Hours since last cleaning |
Displays the number of hours that the device has been in use since the last cleaning.
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Reset Cleaning Statistics |
Resets all cleaning statistics to zero (stand-alone drives only). You cannot undo this operation.
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Bytes written |
Displays the number of bytes that have been written by this device since the last cleaning.
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Bytes read |
Displays the number of bytes that have been read by this device since the last cleaning.
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Total mounts |
Displays the number of times media has been mounted by this device since the last cleaning.
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Total seeks |
Displays the total number of seek operations that have been performed by this device since the last cleaning. Seek operations are run to locate a specific piece of information .
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Hours in use |
Displays the total number of hours that this device has been in use since the last cleaning.
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Seek errors |
Displays the number of seek errors encountered since the last cleaning.
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Soft read errors |
Displays the number of recoverable read errors encountered since the last cleaning. Soft errors may indicate the beginning of a problem. If excessive errors are reported for your environment, check the device and perform maintenance on it, and check the media for damage.
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Hard read errors |
Displays the number of unrecoverable read errors encountered since the last cleaning. If you receive hard errors, check the device and perform maintenance on it, and check the media for damage.
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Soft write errors |
Displays the number of recoverable write errors encountered since the last cleaning. Soft errors may indicate the beginning of a problem. If excessive errors are reported for your environment, check the device and perform maintenance on it, and check the media for damage.
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Hard write errors |
Displays the number of unrecoverable write errors encountered since the last cleaning. If you receive hard errors, check the device and perform maintenance on it, and check the media for damage.
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Cleaning properties for devices