Chapter 15 — Maintaining the Drives Cleaning a Drive
December 2019 User Guide—Spectra T200, T380, and T680 Libraries
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No Cleaning Partition Present
If a cleaning partition is not associated with the storage partition
containing the drive you need to clean, a cleaning cartridge must be
present in the storage partition's storage pool or entry/exit pool. If you do
not permanently store a cleaning cartridge in the storage pool for each
partition, you must import one in order to clean a drive.
If you have an empty chamber in either the entry/exit pool or the
storage pool for the partition, import a TeraPack magazine containing a
cleaning cartridge.
—OR—
If you have a TeraPack magazine with one or more empty slots in the
entry/exit pool or the storage pool for the partition, you can exchange a
magazine or cartridge to import the cleaning cartridge (see Exporting
or Exchanging Magazines and Cartridges on page 231).
Use the following steps to clean the drive.
1. Log into the library.
2. If you keep a cleaning cartridge stored in the storage pool for the
partition, use its barcode label information to determine its location, as
described in Locating a Specific Cartridge on page 253.
3. If necessary, import the TeraPack magazine with the cleaning cartridge
into either the entry/exit pool or the storage pool for the partition
containing the drive that needs cleaning, as described in Importing into
a Storage or Cleaning Partition on page 223.
Note: If an empty chamber is not available in either the entry/exit pool
or the storage pool, exchange the magazine containing the
cleaning cartridge for a magazine in one of those pools (see
Exporting or Exchanging Magazines and Cartridges on
page 231). When the cleaning is complete, you can exchange the
magazines again.
4. Move the cleaning cartridge from the magazine to the drive needing
cleaning, as described in Moving Cartridges Within a Partition on
page 254.
The drive automatically performs the cleaning, which takes
approximately one minute, and ejects the cartridge when finished.
5. Move the cleaning cartridge from the drive back to the magazine from
which it came.
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