Chapter 9 Running Your Library
About Cleaning Tape Drives
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Viewing the Cleaning
Count 9
The cleaning count is the number of times a cleaning cartridge has been
used to clean a tape drive. Knowing this can help you decide when to
replace a cleaning cartridge. The cleaning count is now listed in two
locations:
•Library Configuration Report (from the Web client, select
Reports >
Library Configuration
)
•Export Cleaning Media screen (from the Web client, select
Operations >
Cleaning Media > Export
)
Using Valid Cleaning
Media 9
The preferred method of labeling a cleaning cartridge is to have CLN or
CLNU as the prefix on the label. Any cartridge detected with a CLN or
CLNU prefix will be considered a universal cleaning cartridge, regardless
of any media identification extension. Cartridges containing a media
identification of
C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, and CU will be considered cleaning
cartridges and will be tracked and treated as if the media label contained
the prefix
CLN or CLNU.
Importing Cleaning Media9
When AutoClean is enabled (at least one cleaning slot has been
configured), you can use the Import Cleaning Media operation to import
cleaning cartridges from the I/E station to designated cleaning slots. 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.
When manual cartridge assignment is enabled (the default setting), you
cannot import cartridges via the operator panel until you have assigned
them to a specific partition or to the system partition. Cleaning cartridges
should always be assigned to the system partition. Assigning cleaning
cartridges to the system partition makes them available to all partitions in
the library. For more information about manual cartridge assignment, see
Importing
Media on page 246 and Disabling/Enabling Manual Cartridge
Assignment on page 77.
You must have access to the library’s I/E station and the operator panel
to import cleaning cartridges.
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