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3. ClickMENU,theselectConfiguration > DLM(orDrivesifMLMisnot
enabled).TheDrivesscreendisplays.
4. ClickCleannexttothedrivethatneedscleaning.Thelibraryretrievesa
cleaningcartridgefromthecleaningpartitionandinsertsitintothe
drive.TheDriveCleaningProgressscreendisplayswhilethecleaning
isinprogress.
5. Whenthecleaningiscomplete,thelibraryreturnsthecleaning
cartridgetothecleaningpartitionanddisplaysastatusmessage.
IfthecleaningcartridgeisMLM‐enabled,thecartridgehealthand
CleansRemainingareupdatedintheMLMdatabase.
6. ChecktheDriveDetailsscreentoconfirmthatthecleaningwas
successful.
Ifthecleaningcartridgeisexpired,thedriveautomaticallyejectsthe
cartridgeanddoesnotperformthecleaning.TheDriveDetailsscreen
stillindicatesthatthedriveneedscleaning.Ifadrivestillneeds
cleaning,performthefollowingsteps:
a. Exporttheexpiredcleaningcartridge.
b. Importanunexpiredcleaningcartridge.
c. RepeatStep3onpage441throughStep6onthispagetocleanthe
drive.
7. Ifyouhaveadditionaldrivestoclean,repeatStep3onpage440
throughStep6onthispageforeachdrive.
Figure 305 Click Clean on the Drives screen.