Exporting Cleaning Cartridges

When a cleaning cartridge has expired, it can be exported to an import/export (I/E) station slot and then removed from the library. A Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) ticket is generated when a cleaning cartridge has expired. Empty I/E station slots must be available to export cleaning cartridges.

NOTE: If there is only one cleaning slot or cleaning cartridge configured and the cleaning cartridge expires, the library will not perform any drive cleaning. To resume drive cleaning, remove the expired cleaning cartridge from the library and import a new or not expired cleaning cartridge. See Importing Cleaning Cartridges for more information.

If you need to do so, you can export cleaning cartridges to free slots for data storage. After exporting cleaning cartridges, you must then reduce the number of configured cleaning slots. The extra slots become unassigned and available to use as storage slots with new or existing partitions. For information on how to reduce the number cleanings slots, see Configuring Cleaning Slots.

CAUTION: Some host applications may fail import/export operations when the I/E station contains cartridges that are assigned to another partition. Move cartridges from the I/E station as soon as possible to avoid possible conflicts with the other partitions.

NOTE: If your library has zero I/E station slots configured, you cannot export cleaning cartridges using the I/E station. See About I/E Station Slots for more information.

Users and administrative users can export cleaning cartridges.

  1. From the Operations menu, select Cleaning Media > Export.

    The Operations - Export Cleaning Media screen appears. This screen contains a list of the cleaning cartridges in the library.

  2. Note the number of empty I/E station slots that appear in the Empty I/E Station Slots field.

    The number of cleaning cartridges you can export is limited to the number of empty I/E station slots.

  3. Select one or more cleaning cartridges to export.

    An error appears if the number of selected cleaning cartridges is more than the number of empty cleaning slots.

    NOTE: If not all cartridges appear on the screen, use the Page 1 of x arrows to view the additional cartridges.

    NOTE: Bold column headings in the table can be sorted. For example, selecting the Location column heading will sort by location coordinates.

  4. Click Apply.

    The Progress Window appears. The Progress Window contains information on the action, elapsed time, and status of the requested operation. Do one of the following:

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