Manual Clean With Library Tapes - Quantum Scalar 1000 Operator's Manual

Manual Clean with Library Tapes

Note
Be aware that most
cleaning cartridges are
abrasive and burnish
the heads of the drive
they are cleaning.
Burnishing causes
wear on the tape drive
heads. Cleaning too
frequently can reduce
the life of a tape drive.
Note
This procedure uses
the library cleaning
tapes. Tape use counts
will be updated in the
library database. There
must be library-to-
drive communication
to use this procedure.
22 June 2004
Step 2 Insert a good cleaning tape into the I/E station. Set
the library mode to Offline.
Step 3 Using the Operator Panel, go to the Move Media
screen (Main Menu Commands Move Move
Media) and select the I/E station as Source, and the
drive as Target. Move the cleaning tape to the drive.
When drive cleaning is complete, the drive will
eject the cleaning tape. After the tape is ejected, use
the Operator Panel to go to the Move Media screen
(Main Menu Commands Move
and select the drive as the Source and the I/E as the
Target. Move the cleaning tape back to the I/E
station.
Remove the cleaning tape, record its use, and set the
Step 4
library mode to Online. The library is ready for the
host to take control and resume normal operation.
You must have at least one good cleaning tape entered into the
library before beginning this procedure. For further
information, refer to Inserting a Cleaning Cartridge on page 25
or Declaring a Cleaning Cartridge on page 27.
Use this procedure if all of the following are true:
• Host application does not perform drive cleaning.
• Host timeout for moves from the drives is too short to
include cleaning.
• The host timeout for moves cannot be extended.
• You do not want to use Delayed Auto Clean.
Advantage:
Of manual cleaning with library tapes over manual cleaning
without library tapes is:
• The library counts each time the cleaning tape is used.
• You do not have to know where the cleaning tape is
located in the library or how many times it has been used.
• You select the drive, the library automatically cleans the
drive and moves the tape back to its storage position.
Disadvantage:
Library storage slots are used for cleaning tapes. If you need
space in the library, use manual cleaning without library
tapes.
Move Media)
Cleaning Drives 6-19