MSL5000 Series Library User Guide
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Maintenance
Running a Cleaning Cartridge From a Mail Slot
1. Install a cleaning cartridge into a Mail Slot.
2. Select the Clean Drive menu option from the Maintenance submenu on the front
panel display.
3. Select Source and then Mail Slot in the Element Type box.
4. Select Cleaning. If the default entry is not the tape drive to be cleaned, press Drive
in the Destination Element Type box to sequence through the available tape drive
choices. Or, use the Decimal Keypad Backspace and Numeric Keys to enter the
tape drive number directly.
5. When the source and destination entries are correct, select Execute Clean.
6. When the cleaning cycle completes, the library returns the cleaning cartridge back
to a Mail Slot. To remove the cleaning cartridge, select Mail Slot Access from the
library Status screen.
Running a Cleaning Cartridge From a Tape Cartridge Slot
1. Install a cleaning cartridge into an appropriate tape cartridge slot (Slot 0, for
example).
2. Select the Clean Drive menu option from the Maintenance submenu on the front
panel display.
3. Select Source. If the default entry is not the slot with the cleaning cartridge, press
Slot in the Element Type box to sequence through the available cartridge slots. Or,
use the Decimal Keypad Backspace and Numeric Keys to enter the slot number
directly.
4. Select Cleaning. If the default entry is not the tape drive to be cleaned, press Drive
in the Destination Element Type box to sequence through the available tape drive
choices. Or, use the Decimal Keypad Backspace and Numeric Keys to enter the
tape drive number directly.
5. When the source and destination entries are correct, select Execute Clean.
6. When the cleaning cycle completes, the library returns the cleaning cartridge back
to the tape cartridge slot. To remove the cleaning cartridge, select Magazine
Access from the library Status screen.