Cleaning The Tape Drive; When To Clean The Tape Drive; Which Cleaning Cartridge To Use - Quantum DLT S4 User Manual

Cleaning the Tape Drive

When to Clean the Tape
Drive
Which Cleaning Cartridge
to Use
DLT-S4 Product Manual
Unload the cartridge and remove it from the tape drive.
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Caution:
This section discusses the DLT-S4 tape drive cleaning cartridge,
maintenance considerations, and important compatibility issues.
Caution:
Quantum tape drives occasionally require preventive cleaning. To a large
degree, the amount of ambient pollution and particulates in the
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environment dictates the cleaning frequency.
Do not clean the tape drive unless the tape drive specifically indicates that
cleaning is necessary. When your backup software indicates that you need
to clean the tape drive, or the right (yellow) LED on the tape drive comes
on, use the cleaning cartridge to clean the unit. (See
for the location of this LED.)
Use ONLY the SDLT CleaningTape. Other cleaning cartridges, such as
CleaningTape III or DLT VS CleaningTape, are incompatible with the
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DLT-S4 tape drive heads.
The cleaning cartridge is packaged in a plastic case, and is white in color.
During the firmware update, when reprogramming
the new image into the flash EEPROMs is actually in
progress, a power failure (but not bus
power cycling the unit causes the controller module to
be unusable. When doing a firmware update, take
reasonable precautions to prevent a power failure.
Clean the tape drive only when the backup software or
right (yellow) LED light indicate cleaning is necessary (see
When to Clean the Tape
cleaning cartridge for your tape drive (see
Cartridge to Use).
Chapter 13 Using the Tape Drive
Cleaning the Tape Drive
RESET
Drive). Use only the correct
Which Cleaning
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