User's Guide

FastStor 2 User’s Guide 19
• For temperature and humidity ranges for Super DLTtape II cartridges, refer to Table 24 on page 61.
• If a cartridge has been exposed to temperatures outside the ranges specified above, stabilize the
cartridge at room temperature for the same amount of time it was exposed to extreme temperatures
or 24 hours, whichever is less.
• Do not place cartridges near sources of electromagnetic energy or strong magnetic fields, such as
computer monitors, electric motors, speakers, or X-ray equipment. Exposure to electromagnetic
energy or magnetic fields can destroy data and the embedded servo code, written on the media by
the cartridge manufacturer, rendering the cartridge unusable.
• Place identification labels only in the designated slot on the cartridge.
• If you ship a cartridge, ship it in its original or better packaging.
• Do not insert damaged cartridges into the drive.
• Do not touch the tape or tape leader.
• Do not degauss a cartridge that you intend to reuse.
Cleaning the Tape Drive
When the Clean Drive LED is on, the autoloader's tape drive needs to be cleaned. Cleaning times can range
from a few seconds to a few minutes during which time the Ready LED blinks. Use only authorized cleaning
cartridges in the autoloader.
1 Press + or – until Go offline appears. Press ENTER.
1 Press + or – until Commands appears.
2 Press ENTER.
3 Press + or – until Clean Drive appears, and then press ENTER.
4 If the carousel is full, the operator panel displays the No slot free for transfer message. Press CANCEL
repeatedly until the main menu is displayed. Export a cartridge to make room for the cleaning cartridge.
See Exporting Cartridges
on page 17 for instructions then return to Step 1 to clean the tape drive.
5 Insert the cleaning cartridge into the autoloader mail slot. During the cleaning process, which can take
several minutes, the operator panel displays the Drive Cleaning message.
6 When tape drive cleaning is complete, the Clean Drive LED indicator turns off (if previously on) and the
autoloader unloads and exports the cleaning cartridge. Remove the cleaning cartridge, and press
ENTER when the operator panel prompts you to do so.
NOTE:
If you are using the operator panel commands to clean the drive, import the
cleaning cartridge only after you have selected Clean Drive. If you would like to
keep a cleaning cartridge in the autoloader, the backup software must manage
drive cleaning.
CAUTION:
If the cartridge is not a valid cleaning cartridge, the operator panel
displays the Invalid Tape message and the cartridge will be
exported.
NOTE:
If the Clean Drive or Media Attention LED indicators illuminate when you
insert another cartridge immediately after cleaning, then see Table 4
on
page 40.