Re: Tape drive cleaning -- PCTECH

Unless the drive is in the system unit . . .

:)

On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Roger Harman <roger_harman@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Power cycle the drive. It should light up during POST.

-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Jerry C. Adams
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 12:19 PM
To: 'PC Technical Discussion for IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) Users'
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Tape drive cleaning

Darn, that's something I never thought of, Jim. Just *how* do you know if
the light isn't burn out? Do I have to call you, Larry, or Pete?

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Jim Oberholtzer
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 8:32 AM
To: 'PC Technical Discussion for IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) Users'
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Tape drive cleaning

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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-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
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

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company. Unless I say so.
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