How to Clean a Library Drive

You can clean the read/write heads of a tape drive by mounting a cleaning tape on the drive and running it.

  1. From the Manage Hosts menu or the Managed Hosts page, choose the name of the server that you want to administer.
  2. From the navigation tree, choose Archive Media.

    The Tape Library Summary page is displayed.

  3. Click the name of the library on which the drive that you want to clean is located.

    The Library and Drive Details page is displayed.

  4. Select the radio button next to the row in which the drive that you want to clean is located, and click Clean.