Running A Cleaning Cartridge From A Cleaning Slot; Replacing A Cleaning; Cartridge In A Reserved Slot - HP StorageWorks MSL5000 Series User Manual

Maintenance

Running a Cleaning Cartridge From a Cleaning Slot

1. Reserve a cleaning tape cartridge slot. See the section on "Setting Up a Reserved
Slot" in Chapter 3 for more information.
2. Install a cleaning cartridge in a reserved slot.
3. Select the Clean Drive menu option from the Maintenance submenu on the front
panel display. Note that the Source window defaults to the cleaning slot (Cln'g
Slot 0).
4. Select Cleaning. If the default entry is not the tape drive to be cleaned, press Drive
in the Destination Element Type box to sequence through the available tape drive
choices. Or, use the Decimal Keypad Backspace and Numeric Keys to enter the
tape drive number directly.
5. When the destination entry is correct, select Execute Clean.
6. When the cleaning cycle completes, the library returns the cleaning cartridge back
to the cleaning cartridge slot (Cln'g Slot 0). To remove the cleaning cartridge,
select Magazine Access from the library Status screen.

Replacing a Cleaning

Cartridge in a Reserved Slot

When the cleaning cartridge has been used up, a message appears on the front panel
display indicating that the cleaning cartridge has expired. Examine the library Status
screen to make sure that the cleaning cartridge has been unloaded from the tape drive
to the reserved slot. If not, then unload it to the mail slot using the Move Media menu
option from the library Status screen.
NOTE: A cleaning cartridge can be removed and replaced by removing a right magazine or
using a mail slot in a left magazine.
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