How Do I Clean A Drive; What Is The Life Span Of The Cleaning Tape - ADIC SCALAR 24 Installation And Operation Manual

How do I clean a drive?

There are three ways to clean a drive on your Scalar 24: manually, using AutoClean, and host controlled.
• For information about manually cleaning the drive, refer to
• For information about AutoClean, refer to
• Host controlled allows a host application to control drive cleaning. The cleaning tapes are managed
by the host application, instead of your Scalar 24.
The following table tells you when to use the cleaning cartridge:
If...
• The icon appears
on the operator panel
LCD
• A data cartridge causes
the icon to appear
on the operator panel
LCD
• The icon re-
appears after
performing a cleaning
and reloading the data
cartridge.

What is the life span of the cleaning tape?

Use the cleaning tape when the
Your Scalar 24 keeps track of each time a cleaning tape is used and tells you when it has expired. After you
first import an LTO cleaning tape into a drive, the life span can be read from the Inventory menu. From the
operator panel, select Status menu > Inventory menu. An LTO cleaning cartridge can be used
approximately 50 times, and the inventory count shows 50 cleans remaining until you load the tape into a
drive for the first time.
An SDLT cleaning cartridge can be used approximately 20 times. For more information on cleaning the
drive, refer to Clean Drive
Scalar 24 Installation and Operation Guide
Configure AutoClean
It means...
The drive head needs
cleaning or the data cartridge
is bad
The data cartridge may be
damaged
Cleaning was not
accomplished because the
cleaning tape cartridge has
exhausted all cleaning cycles.
OR
The data cartridge may be
damaged
icon appears in the drive status field of the LCD.
on page 121.
Clean Drive on page 121.
on page 88.
You should...
Use the cleaning cartridge 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
tape 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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