Spectra T950 - Determine the Cleaning Method

Chapter 15 — Maintaining the Drives Cleaning a Drive
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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Determine the Cleaning Method
Themethodyouusetocleanthedrivedependsonthefollowingfactors:
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Chapter6–ConfiguringandManaging
Partitions,beginningonpage181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465).
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.
Important: 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.
Acleaningpartitionisnot
associatedwiththestorage
partitionandyour
softwarepackagedoesnot
havefeaturesthatallow
forscheduleddrive
cleanings,
Importacleaningcartridgeintothepartitionandcleanthedrive
manuallyasdescribedinNoCleaningPartitionPresentonpage466.
Youmaychoosetoleave
acleaningcartridgeineachstoragepartition
sothatitisavailablewheneveryouneedit.
Important: 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.
AGlobalSparedrive
requirescleaninganda
cleaningpartitionisnot
present,
Prepareandcleanthedriveasfollows:
1. PausethePostScanoperationifitisusingtheGlobalSparedrivethat
needscleaning(see
PausethePostScanProcessonpage307).
2. TemporarilysubstitutetheGlobalSparedriveforadriveina
partitionthatisassociatedwiththeGlobalSparedrive(see
Usethe
GlobalSpareDriveonpage397).
3. Cleanthedrivemanually(seeNoCleaningPartitionPresenton
page466).
4. ReclaimtheGlobalSparedrivesothatitisagainavailableforuseasa
spare(see
UndotheGlobalSpareDriveonpage400).