Exabyte 1X7 LTO manual Cleaning the Tape Drive by Inserting a Cleaning Cartridge

CLEANING THE TAPE DRIVE

CLEANING THE TAPE DRIVE BY INSERTING A CLEANING CARTRIDGE

Use this method if you don’t want to store a cleaning cartridge in the autoloader.

Note: If you are using all 7 cells in the autoloader for data cartridges, you will need to remove a data cartridge to make room for the cleaning cartridge.

Before cleaning the tape drive by inserting a cleaning cartridge though the cartridge access port, make sure that you have turned the Autoclean option OFF (see page 34).

When the tape drive needs cleaning:

1.If you have data cartridges in all 7 cells, use the Export Cartridge command to remove a cartridge from the autoloader, as described on page 66. Before pressing a button to close the door, insert the cleaning cartridge. Then, press any button.

Note: If you do not need to export a cartridge to make room for the cleaning cartridge, use the Import Cartridge command to insert the cleaning cartridge into the autoloader, as described on page 64.

2.Use the Load Drive command to load the cleaning cartridge into the tape drive, as described on page 68.

The tape drive automatically performs the cleaning in less than a minute and ejects the cartridge when finished. Confirm that the cleaning completed successfully by looking at the operator panel. The cleaning message should be gone. If the cleaning was not successful, a message explaining the failure appears on the screen. You may be prompted to insert a new cleaning cartridge.

!Important If there are no more cleaning cycles remaining on the cleaning cartridge, the tape drive ejects the cartridge immediately without

performing the cleaning. Remove the cleaning cartridge from the autoloader and use a new one. Do not rewind and reuse the material in a cleaning cartridge. Reusing the material may redistribute contaminants previously removed from the tape path.

3.Use the Unload Drive command to return the cleaning cartridge to its cell.

4.Use the Export Cartridge command to remove the cleaning cartridge from the autoloader, as described on page 66. Before pressing a button to close the door, insert the data cartridge you removed previously (if applicable). Then, press any button to close the door.

5.Press (as needed) to return to the Home screen.

OCTOBER 2006 MAGNUM 1X7 LTO AUTOLOADER

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