Cleaning The Tape Drive A - Seagate Scorpion 240 DDS-4 Autoloader Manuel D'installation

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To enable tape autoloading from within the autoload menu,
select "ON" and then press the Enter button. After the
magazine is inserted, tape 1 will automatically be loaded into
the drive. When autoloading is enabled, the Select button can
still be used to exchange tapes, but only in a sequential
manner (in numerical order, by slot number).
To turn off autoload mode, display the autoload menu, select
"OFF," and then press the Enter button. When autoloading is
disabled, tapes can only be loaded or unloaded via the front
panel or using application software that has autoloader
support.
Door menu
In the DOOR menu, you can lock the autoloader door by
selecting "LOCK" and pressing the Enter button. You can unlock
it by selecting "UNLOCK" and pressing the Enter button.
Cleaning the tape drive
If excessive magnetic dust or debris collects at one or more of
the tape heads, your drive may not be able to read from or
write to tape or may experience excessive errors. When the
cleaning threshold is exceeded, the autoloader will display the
cleaning request in two ways:
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leaving automatic load disabled (the default state).
Check with your software vendor if you are unsure
about your particular software application.
In Unix/Linux environments, on the other hand, backup
software may not support autoloader operation directly.
In this case, the 'offline' command is used to change
tapes sequentially (in numerical order by slot number).
In Unix/Linux environments, enabling automatic tape
loading can allow you to setup an unattended backup.
The LCD display will show the message "CLEANING
REQUIRED."
The Clean LED will remain ON (lit) continuously.