Unloading Tape Cartridges
To unload a tape cartridge, press the unload button. The 7207-122 Tape Drive door
opens. Pull the door down so there is sufficient clearance to remove the tape
cartridge.
Cleaning the Tape Drive
Clean the 7207-122 Tape Drive:
After every eight hours of tape motion
If using new data cartridges, after every two hours of operation
Note: A new data cartridge is one that has not been fully written one time, or
has not been exercised for the number of passes it takes to write one
time.
Whenever read or write errors occur
If you encounter media errors while operating the tape drive in a humid or
contaminated environment, increase the cleaning frequency. You may clean the
tape drive as often as after every tape load without adverse effects to the drive.
Attention: When cleaning the tape drive, use only the IBM-approved cleaning
cartridge, part number 46G2674. Any other cleaning cartridge may damage the
drive.
If contamination is allowed to accumulate, the drive will have to perform more
rewrites and rereads, which results in slower performance of the system. Also,
contamination can cause data loss, and may be prevented by regularly scheduled
cleaning of the drive.
To clean the 7207-122 Tape Drive:
1. Make sure that the power is on to the 7207-122 Tape Drive (the power-on light
should be on).
2. Press the unload button (
.3/
in Figure 8 on page 13). The tape drive door
opens.
3. Pull the door down so there is sufficient clearance to load the cleaning
cartridge.
Attention: Check to see if the white cleaning filament is visible behind the
cartridge door (
.2/
in Figure 9 on page 15). If it is not, the cleaning cartridge
has reached the end of its useful life and must be replaced.
4. Grasp the cartridge so that the label faces up and the cartridge door is on the
right.
5. Slide the cartridge into the tape load compartment and close the door.
After you have inserted the cleaning cartridge into the 7207-122 Tape Drive, the
remainder of the cleaning process is automatic and takes approximately 10-12
seconds. During the cleaning operation, the status light flashes green. When the
cleaning is finished, the status light turns off.
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