Users Guide

Chapter 9 Running Your Library
About Cleaning Tape Drives
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storage slots. For information on configuring cleaning slots, see
Configuring Cleaning Slots on page 79. For a description of AutoClean,
see About Cleaning Tape Drives on page 178.
Details on exporting cleaning cartridges include:
• You must have access to the library’s I/E station and the operator
panel to export cleaning cartridges.
• You can only export cartridges if empty I/E station slots are
available.
You need to provide the following information in the Export Cleaning
Media
screens to export cleaning media:
• Media — The tape cartridges that you want to export.
The screen includes information about the number of empty I/E station
slots in the library. The number of cleaning cartridges you can export is
limited to the number of empty I/E station slots. The screen also displays
the cleaning status (usable/expired) and cleaning count (the number of
times the cartridge was used to clean a tape drive) for each cleaning
cartridge in the library.
The paths to open the appropriate screens are as follows:
• From the Web client, select Operations > Cleaning Media > Export.
• From the operator panel, select Operations > Export Cleaning Media.
Caution: Some host applications may fail import/export operations
when the I/E station contains cartridges that are assigned
to another partition. Move cartridges from the I/E station
as soon as possible to avoid possible conflicts with the
other partitions.
Note: Once the export operation has started, do not interfere with
the operation by opening and closing the I/E station door.
Note: You can filter the list of media by entering all or part of a
barcode in the Search text box. Use an asterisk (*) to search
with wildcards. You can also sort the list by clicking on
columns with bold headings. For example, selecting the
Location column heading sorts the list by location coordinates.