Spectra Logic Spectra T950V User Manual page 420

Chapter 15 — Maintaining the Drives
No Cleaning Partition Present
If a cleaning partition is not associated with the storage partition
containing the drive you need to clean, a cleaning cartridge must be
present in the storage partitionʹs storage pool or entry/exit pool. If you do
not permanently store a cleaning cartridge in the storage pool for each
partition, you must import one in order to clean a drive.
 If you have an empty chamber in either the entry/exit pool or the
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 If you have a TeraPack magazine with one or more empty slots in the
Use the following steps to clean the drive.
1. Log into the library.
2. If you keep a cleaning cartridge stored in the storage pool for the
3. If necessary, import the TeraPack magazine with the cleaning cartridge
4. Move the cleaning cartridge from the magazine to the drive needing
5. Move the cleaning cartridge from the drive back to the magazine from
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storage pool for the partition, import a TeraPack magazine containing a
cleaning cartridge.
entry/exit pool or the storage pool for the partition, you can exchange a
magazine or cartridge to import the cleaning cartridge (see Exporting
or Exchanging Magazines and Cartridges on page 211).
partition, use its barcode label information to determine its location, as
described in Locating a Specific Cartridge on page 233.
into either the entry/exit pool or the storage pool for the partition
containing the drive that needs cleaning, as described in Importing into
a Storage or Cleaning Partition on page 204.
Note: If an empty chamber is not available in either the entry/exit pool
or the storage pool, exchange the magazine containing the
cleaning cartridge for a magazine in one of those pools (see
Exporting or Exchanging Magazines and Cartridges on
page 211). When the cleaning is complete, you can exchange the
magazines again.
cleaning, as described in Moving Cartridges Within a Partition on
page 233.
The drive automatically performs the cleaning, which takes
approximately one minute, and ejects the cartridge when finished.
which it came.
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Cleaning a Drive
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