1. Library Guide
  2. Tape Drives
  3. Configure Drive Cleaning
  4. Enable Library-Managed Drive Auto Cleaning

Enable Library-Managed Drive Auto Cleaning

Library managed cleaning automatically mounts a cleaning tape when the drive requests it.

Library-managed auto cleaning is the easiest and most flexible way to clean drives. When enabled, the library automatically mounts a cleaning cartridge when the drive requests it.
  1. Verify there is at least one universal LTO cleaning cartridge (media type CU) in a reserved system slot (see View a List of Tape Cartridges). For best drive availability, place two cleaning cartridges in reserved slots.
  2. From the remote interface, select Configuration in the left menu.
  3. Click Configure Configure icon.
  4. Select Configure Library Settings, and then click Next.
  5. Set Drive Auto Clean to On.
  6. Set System Reserved Slots to 1 or 2. To use the auto cleaning, you must reserve at least one system slot for a cleaning cartridge.
  7. Click Next. If applicable, click Next again to bypass the partitioning configuration.
  8. On the summary screen, select Accept all changes and then click Apply.

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