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First things first:

It's important to know that LTO cleaning is abrasive - that means you
slowly destroy the tape drive when cleaning it.

These docs are for the LTO4 drives, I was to lazy to look for LTO2 ones.

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S7001774&aid=1

Clean the drive head whenever C displays on the Single-character Display
and the Status Light is flashing amber once per second. It is not
recommended that you clean the drive head on a periodic basis; only when
the drive requests to be cleaned.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Guy Terry
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 10:15 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: Cleaning Tape Usage

How often should I run the cleaning cartridge through my Ultrium LTO2
drive?



Weekly?

When it asks?




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