
Scalar 24 Installation and Operation Guide 39
How do I clean a drive?
There are three ways to clean a drive on your Scalar 24: manually, using AutoClean, and host controlled.
• For information about manually cleaning the drive, see Clean Drive
on page 119.
• For information about AutoClean, see Configure AutoClean
on page 89.
• Host controlled allows a host application to control drive cleaning. The cleaning tapes are managed
by the host application, instead of your Scalar 24.
The following table tells you when to use the cleaning cartridge:
What is the life span of the cleaning tape?
Use the cleaning tape when the icon appears in the drive status field of the LCD.
Your Scalar 24 will keep track of each time a cleaning tape is used and tell you when it has expired. After
you first import an LTO cleaning tape into a drive, the life span can be read from the Inventory menu. From
the operator panel, select Status menu > Inventory menu. An LTO cleaning cartridge can be used
approximately 50 times, and the inventory count shows 50 cleans remaining until you load the tape into a
drive for the first time.
Serial Port You can upgrade the library firmware using the serial port.
When you go to the ADIC website (www.adic.com
) to
download the firmware, instructions are provided on how to
use the serial port to perform the upgrade.
RMU If you have an RMU installed, you can upgrade the library,
RMU, and drive firmware from the Firmware tab of the RMU
interface. For more information, see Updating Firmware
on
page 57.
If... It means... You should...
•The
icon appears
on the operator panel
LCD
The drive head needs
cleaning or the data cartridge
is bad
Use the cleaning cartridge to
clean the drive head.
When cleaning is complete, log
the cleaning onto the label.
• A data cartridge causes
the icon to appear
on the operator panel
LCD
The data cartridge may be
damaged
Back up the data from this
cartridge onto another cartridge,
it may be damaged. A damaged
tape cartridge may cause
unnecessary use of the cleaning
cartridge.
•The
icon re-
appears after
performing a cleaning
and reloading the data
cartridge.
Cleaning was not
accomplished because the
cleaning tape cartridge has
exhausted all cleaning cycles.
OR
The data cartridge may be
damaged
Replace the cleaning cartridge.
Back up the data from this
cartridge onto another cartridge,
it may be damaged. A damaged
cartridge may cause
unnecessary use of the cleaning
cartridge.
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