Cleaning The Tape Drive - HP StorageWorks Ultrium 960 User's And Service Manual

• Do not expose your data cartridges to direct sunlight or sources of heat, including portable
heaters and heating ducts.
• The operating temperature range for your data cartridges is 10 to 35 degrees C. The storage
temperature range is -40 to +60 degrees C in a dust-free environment in which relative humidity
is always between 20% and 80% (non-condensing).
• If an data cartridge has been exposed to temperatures outside the ranges specified above,
stabilize the cartridge at room temperature for the same amount of time it was exposed to
extreme temperatures or 24 hours, whichever is less.
• Do not place data cartridges near sources of electromagnetic energy or strong magnetic fields
such as computer monitors, electric motors, speakers, or X-ray equipment. Exposure to
electromagnetic energy or magnetic fields can destroy data and the embedded servo code,
written on the media by the cartridge manufacturer, which can render the cartridge unusable.
• Place identification labels only in the designated area on the cartridge.

Cleaning the tape drive

When the Clean Drive LED is on, the autoloader's tape drive needs to be cleaned. Cleaning times
can range from a few seconds to a few minutes during which time the Ready LED blinks.
CAUTION: Use the correct cleaning cartridge for your Tape Autoloader model. All cartridges are
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• Use only Ultrium Universal cleaning cartridges in any 1/8 Ultrium Tape Autoloader
• Use only DLT VS cleaning cartridges in the 1/8 DLT VS80 Tape Autoloader
• Use only SDLT cleaning cartridges in the 1/8 SDLT 320 Tape Autoloader
NOTE: If you are using the operator's panel to clean the drive, import the cleaning cartridge only
after you have selected the Clean Drive command. If you would like to keep a cleaning cartridge
in the autoloader, the backup software must manage drive cleaning.
To clean the tape drive:
1. Ultrium 960 and Ultrium 448: From the Home Screen, press + or - until Go Offline displays
on the top line of the LCD screen. Press Enter to select. Press + or - until Commands displays on
the top line of the LCD screen. Press Enter to select.
All other models: From the Home Screen or Main menu, press + or - until Commands displays on
the top line of the LCD screen. Press Enter to select.
2. Press + or - until Clean Drive displays on the LCD screen. Press Enter to select.
3. If the carousel is full, the LCD screen displays No slot free for transfer. Press Cancel
repeatedly until the Main menu is displayed. Export a cartridge to make room for the cleaning
cartridge. See
clean the tape drive.
34 Operating the autoloader
"Exporting tape cartridges" on page 30 for instructions, then return to step 1 to
.