When you are unloading tape drives, be aware that only tape drives with media loaded appear.
The paths to open the appropriate screens are:
From the RMI, select Operations > Unload Drive
From the FPI, select Operations > Unload from Drive
Cleaning Tape Drives
Tape drives may require occasional cleaning. At least one cleaning slot must be configured to enable automatic of tape drives. Manual cleaning can be performed even if no cleaning slots are configured. On a manual clean request the library will scan the cleaning slots, if any, and then the I/E slots for a cleaning cartridge.
If you want to use
For more information on configuring cleaning slots, refer to Configuring Cleaning Slots.
Cleaning cartridges remove accumulated residue from the tape drive and the read/write head.
Importing Cleaning Media
The Import Media command previously described is used also to import cleaning media. To import cleaning media, you should open the I/E station and insert one or more cleaning tapes. Once the I/E station is closed and the inventory has completed, the cartridges must be assign to the Cleaning or System partition. If cleaning slots are configured, you may Import the cartridges to the cleaning slots. Each cleaning cartridge, when imported, is moved to the first free cleaning slot.
If no cleaning slots are configured, the assigned cleaning cartridges will remain in the I/E station.
Cleaning Media Handling
When a cleaning cartridge is imported into a cleaning slot, the cleaning count for that cartridge is set to zero. Every time the cartridge is used for drive cleaning, the cleaning count is incremented.
The tape drive will detect when a cleaning cartridge has expired and report this back to the library. The cartridge is flagged as expired and not used any more. The Administrator is prompted to export the expired cartridge and import a new one.
If the drive detects that a cartridge used for cleaning is a data cartridge, this is also reported to the library and as for expired cartridges. The cartridge is flagged as a data cartridge and not used any more. The Administrator is prompted to export the expired cartridge and import a new one.
Exporting Cleaning Media
The Export Media command previously described is used if you want to export a cleaning cartridge from a cleaning slot to the I/E station.
Autoclean
If Autoclean is enabled and at least one cleaning slot is configured and stocked with a cleaning cartridge, the library will initiate cleaning when needed. For more information on configuring cleaning slots and enabling autoclean, refer to Configuring the Library.
An automated cleaning is performed if requested by the tape drive, when a cartridge is moved out of the drive. The response to the Move command will be delayed until the cleaning operation has been performed.
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