SL3000 - How to Manually Enter Cleaning Cartridges into Library When Drives are Requesting to Be Cleaned

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Update Date:	2018-04-23
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Solution 2087875.1 : SL3000 - How to Manually Enter Cleaning Cartridges into Library When Drives are Requesting to Be Cleaned

Applies to:

Sun StorageTek SL3000 Modular Library System - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Sun StorageTek T10000 Tape Drive - Version All Versions and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

How to Manually Enter Cleaning Cartridges into Library When Drives are Requesting to Be Cleaned.

Solution

How to insert the new cleaning media.

Importing/Exporting Diagnostic and Cleaning Cartridges.

The library can perform only one diagnostic or cleaning cartridge import or export operation at a time. The library controller reserves the CAP for the entire operation.

Before importing, verify the cartridge has the proper label. Diagnostic cartridges must have DG as the first two characters of the eight character volume ID. Cleaning cartridges must have CLN as the first three characters.
Importing Diagnostic and Cleaning Cartridges

Caution:
The library will consider a used cleaning cartridge to be new, and set the usage counter to zero.

Note:
Only import cleaning cartridges using SLC if Auto Clean is enabled (see "Enabling Drive Auto Cleaning"). For host managed drive cleaning, import the cleaning cartridges using the host software.

  Verify that the library has enough empty reserved system slots. There must be at least one empty system slot in the base and DEM for robot recovery or library initialization (see "Using Reserved System Slots").

  Verify the CAP is empty, not reserved by a host, closed, and locked (see "Viewing Device Status and Properties").

  In SLC, select Tools > Diagnostics.

  Expand the CAP folder in the device tree, and then click a CAP to use.

  Click the Import/Export tab.

  In the Operation section, select Import Cleaning/Diagnostic cartridges.

  Click Start.

  Load the cartridges into the CAP (follow "Entering Cartridges Using a CAP" starting with step 2).

Exporting Diagnostic and Cleaning Cartridges:

  Verify the CAP is empty, not reserved by a host, closed, and locked (see "Viewing Device Status and Properties").

  In SLC, select Tools > Diagnostics.

  Expand the CAP folder in the device tree, and then click a CAP to use.

  Click the Import/Export tab.

  Select a type of export operation. If exporting specific cartridges, select the cartridges to export in the "Select Cartridges(s) to export" list.

  Click Start.

  When the unload notification appears, unload the CAP (follow "Ejecting Cartridges Using a CAP" starting with step 2).

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