Scalar i6000 Installation Guide 223
Configuring Drive Cleaning
When you create or modify a partition, you can specify that tape drives in that partition be automatically
cleaned each time the drive requests a cleaning operation.
For automatic drive cleaning to function, you must configure drive cleaning for the library. To configure drive
cleaning, first assign cleaning magazines, and then import cleaning media. Designated cleaning media can
also be used when manually cleaning drives. (Cleaning magazines and media are not part of any logical
partition, and so are not visible to the host application.)
If cleaning magazines are no longer needed, you can unassign them. In addition, you can export expired
cleaning media to remove it from the library.
Assigning Cleaning Magazines and Importing Cleaning Media
To configure the library for drive cleaning, first assign one or more magazines as cleaning magazines, and
then import cleaning media.
1 Insert one or more pieces of cleaning media into the I/E station and close the I/E station door.
Use a standard barcode label for cleaning media. Barcode numbers do not require a specific prefix or
suffix.
2 Make sure that you are viewing the physical library. From the View menu, click the name of the physical
library.
3 On the menu bar, click Setup→ Drive Cleaning.
The Drive Cleaning Configuration dialog box appears.
Click a magazine slot or a piece of media to select it. Details about the selected slot or media appear
under Information, including the type of media, barcode number, location, and the number of times the
media has been mounted in a drive.
If the library has more than one frame, click the arrow buttons to display the next or previous frame.
Automatic drive cleaning should be enabled for partitions only if the host
application does not support the coordination of drive cleaning. If drive cleaning
functionality is enabled on the host application, do not enable automatic drive
cleaning for any partitions in the library.
For more information about enabling automatic drive cleaning for a partition,
see Table
on page 182. For more information about manually cleaning drives,
see the Scalar i6000 User’s Guide.
At least one magazine must be assigned for cleaning before you can import
cleaning media. Also, only magazines that do not belong to a partition can be
assigned for cleaning.
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