Cleaning The T10000 Tape Drive - Sun Microsystems StorageTek T10000 Operator's Manual

Cleaning the T10000 Tape Drive

After the tape drive transports a predetermined length of tape or records a pre-
determined number of errors, the Clean indicator lights. It is time to clean the tape
drive.
Note – It is recommended that you clean the T10000B tape drive every ten full file
operations due to its higher linear density and capacity. This is three times more
frequent than with the T10000A tape drive.
Caution – Equipment damage: Do not wet-clean the tape drive. Do not clean the tape
drive unless the Clean indicator lights.
To clean the tape drive:
1. Make sure the tape drive is not in use.
Note – If there is a tape loaded in the tape drive, make sure the application or job that
was using that tape drive is no longer running before proceeding to
2. Unload any data cartridge in the tape drive. See
the tape drive has a data cartridge loaded in it.
3. Insert a cleaning cartridge in the tape drive.
Once loaded, the activity light flashes. When the activity and clean indicators turn off,
cleaning is complete and the tape drive unloads the cleaning cartridge.
Note – If the tape drive immediately ejects the cleaning cartridge and the tape drive's
front panel display screen displays the message Exp ClCart, (a similar message is
displayed on the VOP if that program is being used to monitor the tape drive)
indicating that the cleaning cartridge has been used to its maximum number of 50
cleaning cycles. Discard the worn cleaning cartridge and insert a new cleaning cartridge
into the tape drive. The cleaning cartridge can be used about 50 times before you must
discard it. (See
Note – If the tape drive's front panel displays CHK xxxx, where xxxx is the FSC, a
cleaning cartridge failure occurred. Try the procedure again with a different cleaning
cartridge. If the problem persists, contact your service representative.
Caution – Tape damage: Any resistance to removing the tape cleaning cartridge,
beyond the usual friction between the tape cleaning cartridge case and the tape drive,
probably indicates that the leader is not fully rewound.
If you believe the clean tape leader is not fully rewound, attempt another load
operation by pushing the tape back into the tape drive and then use the tape drive's
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