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Configuring and Testing the Tape Library
L700 (CTL700) Installation and User’s Guide—527338-004
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Setting Cleaning Cartridge Information
Setting Cleaning Cartridge Information
This information relates to the Auto Cleaning Enabled or Disabled feature.
These two terms are defined as:
If you desire this feature, the cleaning cartridges must be placed in the reserved cells
area of the tape library during IPL sequence (See Figure 5-3 for clean cartridge
locations).
When this option is available, the customer host software must also support the auto
cleaning feature.
If auto cleaning is selected, the cartridge life must also be specified. Cartridge life is the
number of times that a cleaning cartridge can be used before its usage expires.
Setting Cleaning Cartridge Life
After a predetermined count, a cleaning cartridge must be replaced and disposed of at
the site.
If the Auto Clean feature is enabled, use the operator panel to set the warning
threshold, which is the maximum number of times a cleaning can be used.
For CT9840-1/CT9840FC-1/CT9841FC-1 tape cartridges, refer to the 9840 Tape Drive
System users Reference Manual (STK PN 95739).
The cleaning cartridge warning threshold can be set from the Main menu screen. To
set the warning threshold:
Note. During IPL, the robot audits the reserved cells. If cleaning cartridges are present, it
automatically sets the Auto Clean Enabled option for the tape library.
Auto Clean Disabled When a tape drive requires cleaning, the
compatible cleaning cartridge must be entered
into the CAP, using the Clean Drive routine. The
robot retrieves the cartridge, mounts the tape
cartridge, and returns the cartridge to the CAP
when cleaning is completed. The cleaning
cartridge must then be removed from the CAP,
and its usage be must tracked manually.
Auto Clean Enabled When a tape drive requires cleaning, the robot
will retrieve and mount a compatible cleaning
cartridge from the reserved cell in the tape library
(See Figure 5-3). When the cartridge dismounts,
the robot returns the cleaning cartridge to its cell
location within the tape library. The MPC card
keeps track of the usage and posts a message
on the operator panel when the usage expires.