HP StorageWorks vs80 User Manual page 37

Chapter 2
To clean the tape drive, follow these steps:
1. From the Home Screen or main menu, press the [+] or [-] button until
Commands appears on the top line of the LCD screen. Press [Enter].
2. Press the [+] or [-] button until Clean Drive appears on the LCD screen.
Press [Enter].
3. If the carousel is full, the LCD screen displays No slot free for transfer. Press
the [Cancel] button repeatedly until the main menu or Home Screen is
displayed. Export a cartridge to make room for the cleaning cartridge.
See Exporting Cartridges
to clean the tape drive.
4. If the carousel is not full, the autoloader will select the first available slot
and prompt you to insert a cleaning cartridge.
5. Insert the cleaning cartridge into the autoloader mailslot.
During the cleaning process, which can take several minutes, the LCD
screen displays Drive Cleaning.
Note If the cartridge is not a valid cleaning cartridge, the LCD screen
will display Bad clean tape and the cartridge will be exported.
6. When tape drive cleaning is complete, the Clean Drive LED turns off and
the autoloader unloads and exports the cleaning cartridge. Remove the
cleaning cartridge, and press the [Enter] button when the LCD screen
prompts you to do so.
Note If the Clean Drive or Media Attention LED illuminates again when
you insert another cartridge immediately after cleaning, see
Table 4
7. If you had to remove a data cartridge to import the cleaning cartridge,
import the tape to its original slot. See
for more information.
on page 31 for instructions then return to step 1
on page 55 to troubleshoot.
Importing Cartridges
Operating the Autoloader
on page 30
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