Exabyte 1X7 LTO manual Cleaning the Tape Drive Using the Clean Drive Option

CLEANING THE TAPE DRIVE

You can clean the tape drive in several ways:

Use the autoloader’s	See page 32 for information about setting up
Autoclean function	automatic tape drive cleaning.
Use your software’s	Set the cleaning option in your software
cleaning option	application (if available) so that the software
	monitors drive cleaning requirements and
	automatically cleans the tape drive using a
	cleaning cartridge stored in the autoloader. Refer
	to your software documentation for information
	about setting this option.
Use the Clean Drive	See “Cleaning the Tape Drive Using the Clean
option from the	Drive Option” on page 71.
autoloader’s operator
panel
Insert a cleaning	See “Cleaning the Tape Drive by Inserting a
cartridge through the	Cleaning Cartridge” on page 73.
autoloader’s cartridge
access port

Clean the tape drive whenever the autoloader displays the following message on the Home screen or whenever your application software notifies you. (Not all software applications display cleaning requirements.)

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CLEANING THE TAPE DRIVE USING THE CLEAN DRIVE OPTION

Before using the Clean Drive option, make sure that:

A cleaning cartridge is stored in cell 7 (see page 62).

You have activated the cleaning cartridge cell, which designates cell 7 as the storage location for the cleaning cartridge (see page 33).

You have turned the Autoclean option OFF (seepage 34).

When the tape drive requires cleaning:

1.At the Home screen, press , , , or to access the main menus. If necessary, enter the operator panel password (see page 42).

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