Managing the AMASS File System

driveclean

Mount a cleaning volume in a tape drive, clean the drive, and eject the cleaning volume.

Prerequisites

To prepare for tape drive cleaning, perform the following steps:

Step 1. Assign a cleaning volume to the cleaning group (CL) with the volnew command for SCSI-attached libraries or the bulkinlet command for network-attached libraries.

Step 2. Use the volclattr command to define drive-specific attributes.

Note

Currently the CL volume group can contain only one type of cleaning cartridge. For example, if you have both a DTF drive and a 3590 drive, your CL volume group must contain only DTF cleaning cartridges or exclusively 3590 cleaning cartridges.

•For appropriate cleaning attributes, refer to your drive manual.

•Accept the AMASS-generated default values for IBM 3590 drives. Do not alter these values!

Step 3. View cleaning attributes with the vollist - g CL command, if desired.

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