Spectra T950 - Page 466

Chapter 15 — Maintaining the Drives Cleaning a Drive
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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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partitionʹs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237).
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264.
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226.
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237).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265.
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.