Managing Tape Drives; Viewing Current Drive State; Configure Drive Cleaning - StorageTek SL150 Manual

Viewing Current Drive State

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Configure Drive Cleaning

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Manage Expired Cleaning Cartridges
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Restart a Drive
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Update Drive Firmware
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See Also:
"Drive Tray Removal and Replacement"
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Viewing Current Drive State
The current state of the drive is reported to the library. The state is polled
approximately every 10 seconds. You can view the state in the Drives table.
From the remote interface, select Drives in the left menu.
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View the States column. Possible values are:
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Configure Drive Cleaning
LTO drives may require occasional cleaning with a compatible cleaning cartridge. The
drive will notify the library or host application when it requires cleaning. You can
manage drive cleaning in one of three ways:
Enable Library-Managed Drive Auto Cleaning
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Configure Host-Managed Drive Cleaning
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Manually Clean a
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Empty
Cleaning
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Loaded
Reading
Writing
Rewinding
Unloading
Drive.

Managing Tape Drives

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