Cleaning The Tape Drives - HP Surestore Tape Library Model 2/28 User Manual

Cleaning the Tape Drives

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Cleaning the tape drives, which takes about 5 minutes per drive, requires a
special digital linear tape cleaning cartridge. (Typically, cleaning cartridges
are light yellow and data cartridges are black, brown, or white. See Appendix
A for a list of supplies.)
The drive mechanisms do not require scheduled cleanings and should be
cleaned only if a "clean drive" status indicator (
number.
If the cleaning cartridge needs to be replaced, REPLACE CLEANING displays,
and the cleaning cartridge ejects through the mailslot.
NOTE The software package may manage tape drive cleaning.
To clean one or more drives:
1. Verify that the drive status displays (if not, press
2. Make sure all drives are empty (
3. Press
4. Enter the three-part numerical password (see "Entering the
5. INFO* displays. Press
6. CLEAN DRIVE 1 displays (the 1 is flashing). Press
ADMIN* PSWD 000-000-000
empty the drives, refer to the documentation for the software package.
until ADMIN* displays, then press
NEXT
Administration Menu Password" on page 4-7).
NEXT
.
ENTER
If a cleaning cartridge is not loaded into the library, INSERT CLEANING
displays. Load a cleaning cartridge into the mailslot. LOADING displays
briefly. (See "Loading Cartridges Into the Library" on page 4-14 for
additional information.) If an error message displays when trying to load
the cartridge, see the following section.
drive number to clean displays, then press
press or until CLEAN DRIVE ALL displays, then press
NEXT PREV
Cleaning the Tape Drives
CLEAN DRIVES*
) displays after the drive
C
CANCEL
displays after the drive number). To
.
ENTER
until CLEAN DRIVES* displays, then press
NEXT
. To clean all the drives,
ENTER
Library Operation
until it does).
or until the
PREV
.
ENTER
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