HP MSL6000 manual Running a Cleaning Cartridge from a Mail Slot

•The Mail Slot—This location has the advantage of not needing to remove a magazine to use a data cartridge slot, or to reserve a cleaning cartridge slot.

•A Tape Cartridge Slot—This location requires removing a magazine to insert a cleaning cartridge in a tape cartridge slot, and then removing it after cleaning.

•The Cleaning Slot—This location requires reserving the last tape cartridge slot for exclusive use as a cleaning cartridge slot. The advantage with this method is that the cleaning cartridge is stored in the library and is always available for use. It needs to be handled only when it expires and needs to be replaced. (See ”Setting Up a Reserved Slot” on page 41 for more information.)

Running a Cleaning Cartridge from a Mail Slot

1.Insert a cleaning cartridge into a Mail Slot (see ”Using Mail Slots (Left-hand Magazines Only)” on page 74).

2.Select the Clean Drive menu option from the Maintenance submenu on the front panel display.

3.Select Source and then Mail Slot in the Source Element Type box.

4.Select Cleaning. If the default entry is not the tape drive to be cleaned, press Drive in the Destination Element Type box to sequence through the available tape drive choices. You can also use the Decimal Keypad to enter the tape drive number directly.

5.When the source and destination entries are correct, select Execute Clean.

6.When the cleaning cycle completes, the library returns the cleaning cartridge back to a Mail Slot. To remove the cleaning cartridge, select Mail Slot Access from the library Status screen.

Running a Cleaning Cartridge from a Tape Cartridge Slot

1.Insert a cleaning cartridge into an appropriate tape cartridge slot (Slot 0, for example). (see ”Using Mail Slots (Left-hand Magazines Only)” on page 74).

2.Select the Clean Drive menu option from the Maintenance submenu on the front panel display.

3.Select Source. If the default entry is not the slot with the cleaning cartridge, press Slot in the Source Element Type box to sequence through the available cartridge slots. You can also use the Decimal Keypad to enter the slot number directly.

4.Select Cleaning. If the default entry is not the tape drive to be cleaned, press Drive in the Destination Element Type box to sequence through the available tape drive choices. You can also use the Decimal Keypad to enter the tape drive number directly.

5.When the source and destination entries are correct, select Execute Clean.

6.When the cleaning cycle completes, the library returns the cleaning cartridge back to the tape cartridge slot. To remove the cleaning cartridge, select Magazine Access from the library Status screen.

Running a Cleaning Cartridge from a Cleaning Slot

1.Reserve a cleaning tape cartridge slot. (See ”Setting Up a Reserved Slot” on page 41 for more information.)

2.Install a cleaning cartridge in a reserved slot.

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