Chapter 4 Running Your Library
About Tape Drive Operations
Scalar i500 User’s Guide
142
topmost I/E station slot. If two or more cleaning slots are configured and
have cleaning tapes in them, the library chooses which cleaning tape to
use. If you have zero cleaning slots configured, or if you are using the
operator panel, you must use a cleaning tape in the topmost I/E station
slot. You are prompted to insert a cleaning cartridge in the appropriate
slot and select the tape drive you want to clean. The library then takes the
associated partition offline, moves the cleaning cartridge from the I/E
station slot to the designated tape drive, and cleans the tape drive. You
will be asked to confirm that you want to take the partition offline.
When the operation is complete, the library moves the cleaning cartridge
back to the I/E station slot and takes the partition back online.
For step-by-step procedures, see the library’s online Help. To access the
online Help system, click the
Help
icon at the top right of the web client or
operator panel user interface.
The paths to open the appropriate screens are as follows:
• From the web client, select
Tools > Drive Operations > Clean a tape
drive
.
• From the operator panel, select
Tools > Drive Mgmt > Clean drive
.
About Tape Drive Operations
You can perform the following tape drive operations:
• Upgrade tape drive firmware using a firmware image file. For more
information, see
Using an Image File to Upgrade Tape Drive
Firmware
on page 166
.
• Retrieve tape drive logs. Tape drive logs can be retrieved from any
tape drive installed in the library. For more information, see
Retrieving Tape Drive Logs
on page 335
.
Note:
If your library has zero I/E station slots, you will not be able to
manually clean tape drives. See
Configuring I/E Station Slots
on page 73.
