Seagate 240 DDS-4 manual Cleaning the tape drive, Door menu

A-34 Scorpion 240 Autoloader Installation Manual

leaving automatic load disabled (the default state). Check with your software vendor if you are unsure about your particular software application.

In Unix/Linux environments, on the other hand, backup software may not support autoloader operation directly. In this case, the 'offline' command is used to change tapes sequentially (in numerical order by slot number). In Unix/Linux environments, enabling automatic tape loading can allow you to setup an unattended backup.

To enable tape autoloading from within the autoload menu, select “ON” and then press the Enter button. After the magazine is inserted, tape 1 will automatically be loaded into the drive. When autoloading is enabled, the Select button can still be used to exchange tapes, but only in a sequential manner (in numerical order, by slot number).

To turn off autoload mode, display the autoload menu, select “OFF,” and then press the Enter button. When autoloading is disabled, tapes can only be loaded or unloaded via the front panel or using application software that has autoloader support.

Door menu

In the DOOR menu, you can lock the autoloader door by selecting “LOCK” and pressing the Enter button. You can unlock it by selecting “UNLOCK” and pressing the Enter button.

Cleaning the tape drive

If excessive magnetic dust or debris collects at one or more of the tape heads, your drive may not be able to read from or write to tape or may experience excessive errors. When the cleaning threshold is exceeded, the autoloader will display the cleaning request in two ways:

∙The LCD display will show the message “CLEANING REQUIRED.”

∙The Clean LED will remain ON (lit) continuously.