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Chapter 6: Performing Library Operations

Cleaning Tape Drives

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If no licensed slots are available, you must purchase additional slots or

modify or delete a partition to free existing slots. For information on

how to modify partitions, see

Modifying Partitions on page 55. For

information on how to delete partitions, see Deleting Partitions on

page 55. Cleaning slots are not assigned to specific partitions. They are

shared by all partitions within a library.

You do not need to configure cleaning slots if you clean tape drives

manually. For more information about manual tape drive cleaning, see

Manually Cleaning Tape Drives on page 170.

You do not need to configure cleaning slots if you use host-based

cleaning. Cleaning slots are not visible to the host application. To use

host-based cleaning, configure zero cleaning slots in the library and set

up your host application to manage the cleaning process. See your host

application documentation for more information.

Valid Cleaning

Cartridges

Use universal cleaning cartridges to clean tape drives. If you attempt to

clean a tape drive using a non-cleaning cartridge, the library may show

that the operation completed, but the tape drive will not be cleaned,

and the library will issue a diagnostic ticket.

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, CU, etc. will be considered cleaning

cartridges and will be tracked and treated as if the media label

contained the prefix CLN or CLNU.

Note: While the library does not require cleaning tapes to be labeled

with CLN or CLNU in order to perform cleaning operations,

cleaning operations performed by an application may require

cleaning tapes to be labeled appropriately in order to be

recognized as such by the application. Refer to your cleaning

application documentation for more information.

Cleaning cartridges, like all other cartridges imported into the library,

must have a unique, external barcode label that is machine readable.

See

Supported Barcode Formats on page 274 and Installing Barcode

Labels on page 275 for more information.

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