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<h1 class="topictitle1">Prepare media and tape drives</h1>
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<div><p>You do not have to clean optical media devices as often as tape drives.
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You must clean your tape units on a regular basis. The read-write heads collect
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dust and other material that can cause errors when reading or writing to tape.
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In addition, you should also clean the tape unit if you are going to use
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it for an extended period of time or if you use new tapes. New tapes tend
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to collect more material on the read-write heads of the tape unit. For more
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specific recommendations, refer to the manual for the specific tape unit that
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you are using.</p>
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<p>Initialize your tapes with the Initialize Tape (INZTAP) command or the
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Format tape function available in iSeries™ Navigator. Initialize your optical
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media with the Initialize Optical (INZOPT) command. These commands prepare
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your media, and the commands can physically erase all data on the media with
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the CLEAR parameter.</p>
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<p>For tapes, you can specify the format (or density in bits per inch) before
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you write to tape. Do this by using parameters on the INZTAP command when
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you initialize the tape.</p>
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<p>You can specify the format of your optical media. Several optical media
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types require a particular format. For erasable media, which allows a choice
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of format, you should use the *UDF format if you use the optical media for
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backup and recovery purposes.</p>
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<p>You can use option 21 (Prepare tapes) on the GO BACKUP menu. This provides
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a simple method of initializing your media with a naming convention like the
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ones in Name and label media.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzaiurzaiu103.htm" title="Use this information to select and manage the save media that you will use for all your save functions.">Prepare your media to save your server</a></div>
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<div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rzaiurzaiu106.htm">Name and label media</a></div>
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