Valid Cleaning Cartridges - Quantum scalar i40 User Manual

Chapter 6: Performing Library Operations
Cleaning Tape Drives
Valid Cleaning
Cartridges
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If no licensed slots are available, you must purchase additional slots or
modify or delete a partition to free existing slots. For information on
how to modify partitions, see
information on how to delete partitions, see
page 55. Cleaning slots are not assigned to specific partitions. They are
shared by all partitions within a library.
You do not need to configure cleaning slots if you clean tape drives
manually. For more information about manual tape drive cleaning, see
Manually Cleaning Tape Drives
You do not need to configure cleaning slots if you use host-based
cleaning. Cleaning slots are not visible to the host application. To use
host-based cleaning, configure zero cleaning slots in the library and set
up your host application to manage the cleaning process. See your host
application documentation for more information.
Use universal cleaning cartridges to clean tape drives. If you attempt to
clean a tape drive using a non-cleaning cartridge, the library may show
that the operation completed, but the tape drive will not be cleaned,
and the library will issue a diagnostic ticket.
The preferred method of labeling a cleaning cartridge is to have CLN or
CLNU as the prefix on the label. Any cartridge detected with a CLN or
CLNU prefix will be considered a universal cleaning cartridge, regardless
of any media identification extension. Cartridges containing a media
identification of C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, CU, etc. will be considered cleaning
cartridges and will be tracked and treated as if the media label
contained the prefix CLN or CLNU.
Note: While the library does not require cleaning tapes to be labeled
with CLN or CLNU in order to perform cleaning operations,
cleaning operations performed by an application may require
cleaning tapes to be labeled appropriately in order to be
recognized as such by the application. Refer to your cleaning
application documentation for more information.
Cleaning cartridges, like all other cartridges imported into the library,
must have a unique, external barcode label that is machine readable.
See Supported Barcode Formats
Labels on page 277 for more information.
Modifying Partitions
Deleting Partitions
on page 170.
on page 276 and
Quantum Scalar i40 and Scalar i80 User's Guide
on page 55. For
on
Installing Barcode