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How To Clean a Tape drive (urgent please)

Ged_McGrath
Level 3

‎10-27-2005 07:33 AM

Hi all,

Please can someone tell me how do I setup and run a cleaning job on the tape drive.
I have a standalone tape drive and use HP Ultrium cleaning tape.
Thanks a lot

Ged
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Jeff_Allen
Level 4

‎10-27-2005 07:52 AM

Insert cleaning tape. go into BE, go to devices tab, right click on drive to be cleaned and select clean drive.
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Ged_McGrath
Level 3

‎10-27-2005 08:37 AM

The option to clean under drive tasks is greyed out.
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ManishGupta-STD
Level 4
Partner Accredited

‎10-27-2005 09:29 AM

In a Standalone tape drive,when you put the Cleaning Tape inside,it will automatically clean and eject the tape.

Regards,

Manish
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Ken_Putnam
Level 6

‎10-27-2005 09:42 AM

To expand on Manish's answer

You cannot schedule a cleaning job for a standalone drive, only for drives in a loader
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Deepali_Badave
Level 6
Employee

‎11-10-2005 12:49 AM

Hello,


As per the Manish's reply, For stand-alone drive you need to insert a cleaning tape in tape drive, the drive will eject the
tape automatically once cleaning job is over.
In additionally, to clean a stand-alone tape drive, please refer to the device manufacturer's manual.

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