Chapter 9 Running Your Library
About Cleaning Tape Drives
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integrated into routine library operations. The host application requests
the library to move a tape cartridge. If the tape drive performing the
operation needs cleaning, the library will perform the move operation
and then automatically clean the tape drive with a cleaning cartridge
before informing the host application that the move operation is
complete.
When a cleaning cartridge has expired, a RAS ticket informs the user to
export the expired tape from the library. If more cleaning cartridges are
present, the next cleaning cartridge will be used for the next cleaning
request. If no more cleaning cartridges are available, a RAS ticket will
inform the user that the tape drive needs cleaning and that a cleaning
tape needs to be imported.
Only administrators can configure cleaning slots, thus enabling
AutoClean. When AutoClean is enabled, the library allows you to import
and export cleaning media through the I/E Station.
For information on configuring cleaning slots, see Configuring Cleaning
Slots on page 78. For information on importing and exporting cleaning
media, see Importing Cleaning Media
on page 260 and Exporting
Cleaning Media on page 262.
Manual Cleaning
— When a tape drive needs cleaning, it notifies the
library. If the library’s AutoClean feature is not enabled (no cleaning slots
have been configured), the library generates a RAS ticket informing the
user that the tape drive needs cleaning. Administrators can clean tape
drives manually at any time, using commands on the operator panel or
Web client. For more information, see Manually Cleaning Tape Drives
on
page 264.
Enabling AutoClean 9
To enable AutoClean, an administrator must configure at least one
cleaning slot in the library. For information on configuring cleaning slots,
see Configuring Cleaning Slots
on page 78. For a description of
AutoClean, see About Cleaning Tape Drives
on page 258.
Note: Cleaning slots are not visible to the host application. To choose
host-based cleaning, do not configure any cleaning slots, and
configure your host application to manage cleaning tape
drives. Configuring cleaning slots on the library may affect the
host application. See your host application documentation for
information.
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