Cleaning The Drive Manually; Conducting A Library Inventory; Taking The Library Online And Offline; Clean Drive Command - IBM TS2900 Setup, Operator, And Service Manual

Unload when library is in Random mode: The cartridge in the drive is unloaded from the tape head
mechanism, but is still retained inside the tape drive housing. The Move Cartridge command moves the
cartridge from the drive to another location. Moving a tape cartridge from a drive to another location
both unloads and moves the cartridge in a single action.
Unload when library is in Sequential mode: The cartridge in the drive is unloaded from the tape head
mechanism, and returned to the cartridge home position.
Press Enter to unload the cartridge from the tape head mechanism.

Cleaning the drive manually

Figure 60. Clean Drive command
Select Commands > Clean Drive to clean the tape drive manually with a cleaning cartridge in either a
cartridge storage position or the I/O station.
Press Enter to move the cleaning cartridge to the drive and start drive head cleaning. The cleaning
cartridge is returned to its home position when drive cleaning is finished.

Conducting a library inventory

Figure 61. Inventory command
Select Commands > Inventory to force the library to run an inventory of the cartridge magazine,
accessor, and tape drive to refresh the library map. An inventory is conducted automatically when power
is first turned ON or when the cartridge magazine is removed and reinserted.
Press Enter to conduct the inventory.

Taking the library online and offline

Figure 62. Online/Offline command
Select Commands > Change Library State to take the library online or offline.
It is sometimes necessary to take the library offline before servicing functions for the library are done.
Once these operations are finished, it is necessary to bring the library online.
Note: The tape drive is always online, even when the library is offline.
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IBM TS2900 Tape Autoloader: Setup, Operator, and Service Guide Machine Type 3572
Commands
Clean Drive
Commands
Inventory
Commands
Change Library State
Set Library Online
Set Library Offline