Running A Cleaning Cartridge; Automatically Running A Cleaning Cartridge; Manually Running A Cleaning Cartridge - HP StorageWorks MSL5000 Series User Manual

Maintenance

Running a Cleaning Cartridge

Because the cleaning cartridge is abrasive, you should not use it unless the message
"Use Cleaner" appears on the front panel display. There are three ways to manage the
cleaning of the installed tape drives:
• Automatically, by application software.
• Automatically, by enabling Auto Clean Mode.
• Manually, by selecting the Clean Drive menu option from the Maintenance
submenu on the front panel display.

Automatically Running a Cleaning Cartridge

You can configure the library so that it automatically runs the cleaning cartridge mode.
After a tape drive that needs cleaning completes an unload operation, it sends a
cleaning needed message to the library. This activates an automatic cleaning cycle if
the cleaning cartridge slot has been reserved, Auto Clean Mode has been selected
from the library Options menu, and the appropriate cartridge technology is loaded.
To configure the library to use Auto Clean Mode, do the following:
1. Reserve a cleaning cartridge slot. See the section on "Setting Up a Reserved Slot"
in Chapter 3 for more information.
2. Enable Auto Clean Mode. See the section on "Library Display Screens and
Options" in Chapter 4 for more information.

Manually Running a Cleaning Cartridge

A cleaning cartridge can be installed and run from one of three locations:
• The Mail Slot—This location has the advantage of not needing to remove a
magazine to use a data cartridge slot or to reserve a cleaning cartridge slot.
• A Tape Cartridge Slot—This location requires removing a magazine to insert a
cleaning cartridge in a tape cartridge slot and then removing it after cleaning.
• The Cleaning Slot—This location requires reserving the last tape cartridge slot for
exclusive use as a cleaning cartridge slot. The advantage with this method is that
the cleaning cartridge is stored in the library and is always available for use. It
needs to be handled only when it expires and needs to be replaced. See the section
on "Setting Up a Reserved Slot" in Chapter 3 for more information.
6–2 MSL5000 Series Library User Guide