About Tape Drive Operations

• Retrieve tape drive log — Tape drive logs can be retrieved from any tape drive installed in the library. See Retrieving Tape Drive Logs.
• Retrieve tape drive sled log — Sled logs can be retrieved from any sled installed in the library. See Retrieving Tape Drive Sled Logs.
• Clean a tape drive — Tape drives can be cleaned manually at any time. See About Manually Cleaning Tape Drives.
• Upload/remove tape drive firmware for autoleveling — See About Tape Drive Firmware Autoleveling.
• Force Data Path Failover — See Forcing Data Path Failover.
• Force Control Path Failover — See Forcing Control Path Failover.
• Perform EDLM Drive Test — See Performing an EDLM Drive Test.

NOTE: Drives that are in Not-Ready state cannot be selected.