Clean the Drive
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Chapter 4 Operator Tasks
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Clean the 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 –
Use the appropriate cleaning cartridge for the drive model (see
To clean the tape drive:
Caution –
Equipment damage:
Do not wet-clean the tape drive. Do not clean the tape
drive unless the
Clean
indicator lights.
1. Make sure the tape drive is not in use before proceeding to Step 2.
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.
2. Unload any data cartridge in the tape drive.
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 –
The tape drive might immediately eject the cleaning cartridge and show the
message
Exp ClCart
in the front panel display. This indicates that the cleaning
cartridge has been used its maximum number of cleaning cycles.
Discard
the worn
cleaning cartridge and insert a new cleaning cartridge into the tape drive.
The cleaning cartridge can be used about 100 times before you must discard it.
If
CHK xxxx
appears in the tape drive’s front panel display, where xxxx is the fault
symptom code (FSC), a cleaning cartridge failure occurred.
Try the procedure again with a different cleaning cartridge. If the problem persists,
contact your service representative.
4. Remove the cleaning cartridge from the tape drive.
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