Spectra Logic Spectra 12000 manual Cleaning the AIT Drive Heads, 3 AIT-2 data cartridges

138Spectra 12000 User Guide

￿Avoid rapid temperature changes.

Figure 10-3AIT-2 data cartridges.

Cleaning the AIT Drive Heads

The Sony AIT drives feature a built in cleaning function to prevent and recover from head contamination. However, occasional cleaning with approved SONY Cleaning Media may be required for excessive head contamination.

Head cleaning should be performed in the following situations:

￿When the drive fails to write or read data correctly.

Note: Dirty heads are not the only cause of read/write failures. Damaged media can also cause this type of failure.

￿Some installations may require scheduled head cleaning using a cleaning cassette. Most software applications have features that allow