Normal Maintenance; Cleaning The Drive Head; Cleaning Tape; Drive Head Cleaning Procedure - ADIC FastStor LTO User Manual

Normal Maintenance

Cleaning the Drive Head

Keeping a drive clean is the single most important requirement for achieving and maintaining superior performance. Cleaning the
head should always be performed as the first step if the CT field appears on the LCD. It is recommended that the tape head be
cleaned only when the CT field appears on the Operator's Panel LCD. Periodic cleaning at regular intervals should not be required.
Some application packages feature an auto clean cycle. If your application supports an auto clean function, ADIC strongly
recommends that you use it.

Cleaning Tape

Use an LTO cleaning cartridge to clean the drive heads.
The cleaning cartridge is valid for 50 cleanings. Replace the cleaning cartridge when it is exhausted.
Cleaning the head should always be performed as the first step if the
The following table tells you when to use the cleaning tape:
If . . .
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The
1. field appears on the
Operator's Panel LCD
2. A data cartridge causes the
field to appear on the Operator's
Panel LCD
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3. The field re-appears after
performing a cleaning and
reloading the data cartridge.

Drive Head Cleaning Procedure

The following procedure is to be used only if your application does not support an auto clean cycle and you choose not to use the
AUTOCLEAN feature (refer to Chapter 4 for a detailed description of the AUTOCLEAN feature), or the CLEAN dRV function
under the DIAGNOSTICS MENU (refer to Chapter 4 for a detailed description of the CLEAN dRV function).
Note
It means . . .
The drive head needs cleaning or the
tape is bad
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The data cartridge may be damaged
Cleaning was not accomplished
because the cleaning tape has
exhausted all cleaning cycles.
OR
The data cartridge may be damaged
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field appears on the LCD.
You should . . .
Use the cleaning tape to clean the drive head.
When cleaning is complete, log the cleaning
onto the label.
Back up the data from this cartridge onto
another cartridge, it may be damaged. A
damaged cartridge may cause unnecessary
use of the cleaning cartridge.
Replace the cleaning cartridge.
Back up the data from this cartridge onto
another cartridge, it may be damaged. A
damaged cartridge may cause unnecessary
use of the cleaning cartridge.
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