Re: Tape drive cleaning

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No, I wasn't sure the light wasn't burned out (And I DID think of that).

I just stuck the cleaning cartridge in and the clean light came on.  I will
clean it twice.

Thanks.


On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Jim Oberholtzer <
midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It never hurts to clean a tape drive, and if it has not been cleaned in a
> while it might take a couple of cleanings to get it ready.
>
> Any LTO cleaning tape will do regardless of the brand/labeling.
>
> Besides, are you sure the light is not burned out?
>
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> Jim Oberholtzer
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> Agile Technology Architects
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 8:15 AM
> To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> Subject: [PCTECH] Tape drive cleaning
>
> All,
>
> We back up a number of Windows servers to an HP1760 LTO4 tape drive.  The
> last couple of backups have taken much longer than normal (8.5+ hours vs 7
> hours), but there were no errors.  Amount of data has not changed.
>
> In looking at possibilities I thought of cleaning the tape drive with the
> cleaning cartridge I have.  The "Clean" light is not flashing, but I don't
> remember the last time I did it.  The manual says "An Ultrium universal
> cleaning cartridge should ONLY (emphasis mine) be used when the orange
> Clean
> LED is flashing."
>
> Since it's not flashing, is it going to hurt to clean it?  I can't imagine
> how, but there are many things I do not know.
>
> Thanks.
>
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> Jeff Crosby
> VP Information Systems
> UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
> P.O. Box 13369
> Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
> 260-422-7531
> www.dilgardfoods.com
>
> The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
> company.  Unless I say so.
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