Cleaning Tape Drives - Sun Microsystems SPARCstorage Library User Manual

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3.2 Cleaning Tape Drives

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Clean the tape drive heads and tape paths after every 30 tape-motion hours
with an approved 8mm cleaning cartridge. Depending on the operating
environment, you may need to clean the tape drive (CTS) more often.
To clean a drive using the Maintenance Menu on the LCD:
1. Make sure a cleaning cartridge is installed in the fixed cartridge slot.
If not, install one.
2. Select Clean Drive 1 from the Utilities Menu if you plan to clean the top
drive, or Select Clean Drive 2 if you plan to clean bottom drive.
• The CHM picks the cleaning cartridge from the fixed slot and places it in
the tape drive.
• The CTS automatically performs the cleaning cycle and ejects the cartridge
when it is finished.
• The CHM picks the cartridge from the tape drive and places it back in the
fixed slot.
You can clean a tape drive inside the tape library in one of several ways:
•
As described above, by installing a cleaning cartridge in the fixed cartridge
slot and using the Clean Drive 1 or Clean Drive 2 options from the
Maintenance Menu on the LCD.
•
By installing a cleaning cartridge in the removable cartridge holder
(preferably the fixed slot) and using SCSI commands to automate the
cleaning process.
•
By opening the front door and manually inserting a cleaning cartridge into
the tape drive. The CTS automatically ejects the cleaning cartridge when
finished.
Note – It may take two minutes for a cleaning cartridge to complete its
function.
SPARCstorage Library X-Option Rack-mounted User's Guide—June 1995