User`s guide

Chapter 7 Working With Cartridges and Barcodes
Using Cleaning Cartridges
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Figure 51 Applying Barcode
Labels to Cartridges
top of cartridge
write protect lock
barcode label
Using Cleaning Cartridges
Most tape drives require occasional cleaning. A cleaning cartridge cleans
accumulated debris from the tape drive and the read/write head.
Backup applications or archive soft
ware applications use different
techniques to automate the process of cleaning drives. These tools specify
cleaning cycles based on cycle counts of the drive, drive requests, or
regularly scheduled intervals.
The cleaning process itself requir
es certain considerations:
CAUTION
You must use a separate cleaning cartridge for
each partition in the library.