How To Clean The Tape Drive - Sun Microsystems Enterprise 250 Owner's Manual

How to Clean the Tape Drive

Before You Begin
Observe these rules about when to clean a tape drive:
1. Clean the drive after the first four hours of use with a new tape.
2. After that, clean the tape drive after every 25 hours of use to maintain reliable
operation.
3. Clean the drive twice as often if you use it in a dusty environment or operate
it infrequently.
What to Do
Insert a cleaning cartridge into the drive.
The tape should play for a short while, and then eject automatically.
Do not use any cartridge other than a DDS-approved cleaning tape cartridge to clean
your tape drive.
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