User's Guide

Appendix C Automatic Drive Cleaning
Cleaning Cartridges
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Storage and
Tracking
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Each cleaning cartridge is tracked from the time that it is loaded
into the library. When a cleaning cartridge is unloaded from the
library, the library no longer retains information concerning that
cleaning cartridge (bar code). If a new cleaning cartridge with the
identical bar code is then imported into the library, it is considered
a different cleaning cartridge for all tracking purposes.
Each cleaning cartridge must have a unique bar code. If a cleaning
cartridge with a duplicate bar code label is imported, the original
cleaning cartridge is moved to the load port for removal from the
library.
After a cleaning cartridge is used twenty times it is moved to the
load port for removal from the library.
The library adjusts for cleaning cartridges that are manually
moved within the library while the library is off-line. When an
inventory is performed (after power-up or a transition from off-
line to on-line), all cartridges are scanned and identified. Each
cleaning cartridge is checked for a previous record of location and
use. Cartridges that remain in previous locations retain their
previous usage information.
If previous records do not show a cleaning cartridge with the same
bar code at a given location, the library checks if a cleaning
cartridge with the same bar code label was previously located at
another location (and is not currently at that other location). If so,
the library assumes that it is the same cleaning cartridge that was
manually moved and retains all cleaning cartridge information. If
the library cannot locate a previous record for the cleaning
cartridge, it assumes the cleaning cartridge is new and creates a
new record for it.
Monitoring
Usage
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The library maintains a usage history for each cleaning cartridge
within the library. The usage history is a count of the number of
times the cleaning cartridge was used to clean a drive.
When a cleaning cartridge has been identified and imported into
the library, the usage history for that cleaning cartridge is
initialized and set to zero (0).