Spectra T50e - Updating Drive Firmware

Chapter 15—Maintaining the Drives Cleaning a Drive
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
438
Prepare the Library for Drive Cleaning
Beforeyoucancleanthedrive,youmustaddressthefollowing
requirements:
Required Tools and Materials Youmusthaveacleaningcartridgeforthe
typeofdrive(s)tobecleaned.Cleaningcartridgescanbepurchasedfrom
SpectraLogic.Ifthecartridgehasabarcodelabel,besuretonotethe
barcode,includinganyleadingzeros.Thisinformationhelpsyoulocate
thecleaningcartridgeafteritisloadedintothelibrary.
Continuing Backups Adriveisunavailableforusewhileitisbeing
cleaned.However,thelibrary’sotherdrivesremainavailableforuse.
Determine the Cleaning Method
Themethodyouusetocleanthedrivedependsonthefollowingfactors:
Caution
Carefully follow all instructions and recommendations provided with the cleaning
cartridge. Do not rewind and reuse the material in a cleaning cartridge. Reusing the
material may redistribute contaminants previously removed from the tape path. If
all of the cleaning material was used, discard the cartridge and use a new cleaning
cartridge.
Important
Using only Spectra Certified cleaning cartridges to clean your drives is highly
recommended. For information on ordering these cartridges, see
Media and Media
Accessories on page 485.
If... Then...
AutoDriveCleanis
enabledandacleaning
partitionisassociatedwith
thestoragepartition,
Thelibraryautomaticallycleansthedrives,includinganyGlobal
Spares,asneeded.See
CreatingaCleaningPa rtitiononpage165for
informationaboutconfiguringacleaningpartitionandassociatingit
withoneormorestoragepartitions.
Youcanalsocleanthedrivemanuallyusingacleaningcartridgeinthe
cleaningpartition(see
CleaningPartitionPresentonpage439).
Acleaningpartitionisnot
associatedwiththestorage
partition;yoursoftware
packageincludesfeatures
thatallowforscheduled
drivecleanings,
Useyourstoragemanagementsoftwaretoperformregularlyscheduled
drivecleanings.Refertoyourstoragemanagementsoftwareuser
manualorvendorforinstructionsonhowtosetupscheduled
automaticcleanings.
Youmaychoosetoleaveacleaningcartridgeineachstoragepartition,
particularlyifyoucanconfigureyourstoragemanagementsoftwareto
performregularautomatedcleanings.
CAUTION: Make sure that the cleaning cartridge has a barcode label.
Your software must be able to identify the cleaning cartridge and use
it only for cleaning drives. Any attempts to use a cleaning cartridge for
data storage causes backup failures.