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Appendix D - Maintaining Media and Hardware

Overview

Write-Protecting Tapes

Table D-1. Setting Write Status on Tapes

Tape Drive Compatibility Rules

Table D-2. Compatibility of Tape Drives

Changing the Active Tape Drive

1. At the Operator Menu, choose Backup/Restore. The Backup/Restore Menu appears.

Figure D-1. Backup/Restore Menu Screen

2. Choose Change Configuration. The Change Configuration Menu appears.

Figure D-2. Change Configuration Menu Screen

3. Choose Active Tape Drive. The Select Tape Drive Menu appears. The current active tape drive is identified at the top of the screen.

Figure D-3. Select Tape Drive Menu Screen

4. Choose the drive that you want to be active. The drive you choose is identified at the top of the screen. Changes take effect immediately.

5. Press ESC to exit. The Change Configuration Menu appears.

Maintaining Tape Drives

Note: Before performing any tape drive maintenance, you should power off the server.

1/4-inch Tape Drives

To Clean the Tape Drive

1. Power off the drive. For servers with internal drives, power down the server.

2. Slide the cartridge loading lever toward the cartridge insertion opening until the heads are extended into the cartridge cavity.

3. Obtain 6-inch long swabs made from lintless cotton (or an equivalent nonabrasive material) and Archive or Freon-TF head-cleaning fluid. Do not use alcohol to clean the head.

4. Moisten the cotton end of the swab with head-cleaning solution until it is saturated but not dripping.

5. Carefully wipe the swab across the head in the direction that the tape moves. Do not use a scrubbing, circular motion. Do not wipe the head in a direction perpendicular to tape movement, because residue can collect inside the small crevices of the head.

6. Discard the first swab.

7. Moisten a second swab and repeat step 5.

8. Use a clean, dry swab to wipe the head with the same motion described in step 5, until the head is clean and dry.

9. Move the cartridge loading lever away from the insertion opening and return the head assembly to its position outside of the cartridge area.

10. Power up the server.

8mm Tape Drives

Caution: Do not rewind and re-use the cleaning cartridge, because a dirty cartridge can redeposit debris onto the tape heads. Use only the cleaning solution provided with the cleaning kit. Other solutions may damage the tape path components.

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