NOTE: If the library contains zero import/export (I/E) station slots, you will not be able to import or export cleaning cartridges. See About I/E Station Slots for more information.
This topic provides information about configuring cleaning slots for library-initiated Automatic Cleaning operations.
Cleaning slots are dedicated storage slots used to store cleaning media for library-initiated Automatic Cleaning operations. Library-initiated Automatic Cleaning can be configured on a per-partition basis. See Modifying Partitions or Manually Creating Partitions.
You can configure cleaning slots during the initial library configuration, or at any time in the future, as long as there are licensed slots available in the library. For instructions on how to configure cleaning slots, see Configuring Cleaning Slots.
A maximum of four cleaning slots can be configured. Zero cleaning slots are configured by default.
If licensed storage slots are not available, cleaning slots cannot be configured until licensed storage slots become available by extending the library size, extending the COD license to enable additional existing storage slots, or by modifying a partition to free storage slots. For information on how to modify partitions, see Modifying Partitions. For information on how to delete partitions, see Deleting Partitions. Cleaning slots are not assigned to specific partitions. They are shared by all partitions within a library.
Cleaning slots do not need to be configured if library-initiated Automatic Cleaning is not configured for any partition in the library, and drive cleaning is either performed manually, or via host/application managed cleaning that configures cleaning tapes within the host partition. For more information about manual tape drive cleaning, see About Manually Cleaning Tape Drives. To use host-based cleaning, see your host application documentation for more information.
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NOTE: If the library contains zero import/export (I/E) station slots, you will not be able to import or export cleaning cartridges. See About I/E Station Slots for more information. |
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