To clean a drive in a tape library, you must specify which tape to use for cleaning, and then start the cleaning job. If a cleaning tape is online and marked as a cleaning tape, you only need to run the cleaning job.
Follow your hardware manufacturer's recommendations for cleaning frequency. To clean a stand-alone tape drive, load a cleaning tape and follow the hardware manufacturer's instructions.
To clean a tape drive
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In DPM Administrator Console, click Management on the navigation bar, and then 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.
To clean a tape drive using DPM Management Shell
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Use the following syntax to retrieve a tape drive:
Get-TapeDrive [-DPMLibrary] <Library[]> [-Verbose] [-Debug][-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ][-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
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Use the following syntax to clean a drive:
Start-TapeDriveCleaning [-TapeDrive] <Drive[]> [-JobStateChangedEventHandler <JobStateChangedEventHandler> ] [-Verbose] [-Debug][-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ][-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
For more information, type "Get-Help Start-TapeDriveCleaning -detailed" in DPM Management Shell.
For technical information, type "Get-Help Start-TapeDriveCleaning -full" in DPM Management Shell.