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Cleaning Tape Drives
Updated: November 1, 2008
Applies To: System Center Data Protection Manager 2007
To clean a stand-alone tape drive, load a cleaning tape and follow the hardware manufacturer's instructions. To clean a drive in a tape library using DPM, specify which tape to use for cleaning and then start the cleaning job. If the bar code on a tape starts with "CLN" (for example, bar code CLN0000812), DPM identifies the tape as a cleaning tape after a fast inventory; you do not need to designate the tape as a cleaning tape.
However, if the cleaning tape does not have a bar code or the bar code does not start with "CLN", you must mark the tape as a cleaning tape and then run a fast inventory.
If a cleaning tape that does not have a bar code or the bar code does not start with "CLN" is added to the library and you run a detailed inventory before you mark the tape as a cleaning tape and run a fast inventory, a cleaning job starts when DPM mounts this tape during the detailed inventory.
Follow the guidelines from the manufacturer of your tape device for cleaning frequency.
To specify the cleaning tape
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In DPM Administrator Console, click Management on the navigation bar.
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Click the Libraries tab.
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In the Display pane, select the tape to be used for cleaning, and then in the Actions pane, click Mark as cleaning tape.
To clean a tape drive
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In DPM Administrator Console, click Management on the navigation bar.
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Click the Libraries tab.
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In the Display pane, select the drive to be cleaned, and then in the Actions pane, click Clean drive.
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| If a cleaning tape is online and marked as a cleaning tape, you only need to run the cleaning job. |
