Valid Cleaning Cartridges; About Autoclean; Enabling Autoclean - Quantum Scalar i40 User Manual

Chapter 5: Performing Library Operations
Cleaning Tape Drives
Valid Cleaning
Cartridges

About AutoClean

Enabling AutoClean

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Use universal cleaning cartridges to clean tape drives. If you attempt to
clean a tape drive using a non-cleaning cartridge, the library may show
that the operation completed, but the tape drive will not be cleaned,
and the library will issue a diagnostic ticket.
Universal cleaning cartridges are designated by labels that begin with
CLN or CLNU or end with C1, C2, C3, C4, or CU. Examples: CLN123,
CLNU123L1, CLN123C1, 123CU, 123C1.
Configuring one or more dedicated cleaning slots automatically enables
AutoClean see Configuring Cleaning Slots
cartridges are stored in the designated cleaning slots. When a tape drive
needs cleaning, it notifies the library, and the library automatically
cleans the tape drive using a cleaning cartridge loaded in a cleaning
slot. Automatic cleaning is integrated into routine library operations.
The host application requests the library to move a tape cartridge. If the
tape drive performing the operation needs cleaning, the library will
perform the move operation and then automatically clean the tape drive
with a cleaning cartridge before informing the host application that the
move operation is complete.
When a cleaning cartridge has expired, a diagnostic ticket informs you
to export the expired tape from the library. If more cleaning cartridges
are present, the next cleaning cartridge will be used for the next
cleaning request. If no more cleaning cartridges are available, a
diagnostic ticket informs you that the tape drive needs cleaning and
that a cleaning tape needs to be imported (see
Cartridges on page 131 and
page 133).
To enable AutoClean, you must configure at least one cleaning slot in
the library. For information on configuring cleaning slots, see
Configuring Cleaning Slots
on page 61). Cleaning
Importing Cleaning
Exporting Cleaning Cartridges
on page 61.
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