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Determine Whether Cleaning is Required
Cleanthelibrary’sdriveswhenanyofthefollowingoccurs:
Thedriveindicatesthatitneedscleaning(seeIdentifytheProblemon
page383)bysendingamessagetothestoragemanagementsoftware.
TheSCDinformationontheDriveDetailsscreenforanLTOdrive
displaysaC.
TheCleaningStatusontheDriveDetailsscreenindicatesthatthedrive
requirescleaning(seeFigure304onpage437).
Note: Inorderforthelibrarytomonitordrivestatus,thedrivemustbe
configuredinapartition.
UsethefollowingstepstousetheDriveDetailsscreentodetermine
whetheradriverequirescleaning.
1. Logintothelibraryasauserwithsuperuseroradministratorprivileges.
2. ClickMENU,thenselectConfiguration > DLM(orDrivesifMLMisnot
enabled).TheDrivesscreendisplays.
Figure 303 Click Details on the Drives screen.