Tape Drives; Cleaning Cartridges - HP ESL E-Series User Manual

Library Overview
Although the library does not require tape cartridges to have bar code labels,
properly labeled tape cartridges and full storage bins speed up the inventory
process and greatly improved media management.

Tape drives

The ESL E-Series tape library can hold up to 24 Ultrium 460, Ultrium 460-FC, or
SDLT 320 tape drives. When fewer than 24 drives are installed in the library, the
tape drives must occupy consecutive drive clusters, beginning with drive cluster 0
(see
Tape cartridges and cleaning cartridges are not included with the library, and must
be ordered in addition to the library.

Cleaning cartridges

Note:
feature before enabling it.
If a drive experiences read/write errors when the Autoclean function is enabled,
the library issues an error message stating that drive cleaning is required. Without
user intervention, the media picker replaces the data cartridge with a cleaning
cartridge. When the cleaning procedure finishes, the media picker returns the data
cartridge to the drive.
Note:
have a 20-use limit. Once a cleaning cartridge has reached its use limit it must be
replaced. If the drive continues to request cleaning after a cleaning cartridge has been
loaded, replace the cleaning cartridge with a new one.
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Figure 2 on page 18).
Caution: It is critical to ensure that the media you use matches the format of
your tape drive. Cleaning cartridges and formatted data cartridges are unique
for each drive technology. Damage may occur if inappropriate media is used
in tape drives.
By default, Autoclean is disabled. Ensure your application software supports this
Ultrium cleaning cartridges have a 50-use limit, while SDLT cleaning cartridges
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