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Tape Drive Cleaning
Reliable backup of your system is the product of at least four components:
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When to Clean the DLT Tape Drive
Routine cleaning of the DLT80 drive is not necessary and can even damage it. The
following table describes when the tape drive needs to be cleaned.
Table 7: When Use Cleaning Tape LED is Illuminated
The Use Cleaning Tape
LED is illuminated.
After cleaning the drive,
using a data cartridge
causes the Use Cleaning
Tape LED to illuminate.
After cleaning the drive the
Use Cleaning Tape
remains illuminated.
* Using a damaged cartridge may cause unnecessary cleaning of the tape drive.
Note:
DLT80 Tape Drive Reference Guide
A reliable tape drive
Quality cartridge
Regular backup schedule with backup media stored offsite
Tape drive maintenance
If
The cleaning cartridge expires after 20 uses.
Then
1. The tape drive needs
cleaning.
2. The data cartridge is
bad.
The data cartridge may be
damaged.
The cleaning is not done
and the cleaning cartridge
has expired.
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Action
Clean the tape drive
using a cleaning
cartridge.
Back up the data from the
damaged cartridge to a
new cartridge and
discard the damaged
one.*
Use another cleaning
cartridge and discard the
old one.
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