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<h1 class="topictitle1">Clean your tape drives</h1>
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<div><p>This topic provides information about keeping your tape drives
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clean.</p>
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<p>Dirt can build up on the heads of any tape drive, no matter how clean the
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environment. Every time tape motion occurs, some of the media surface comes
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off on the heads. Over time, this builds up and causes errors in reading and
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writing. Cleaning the read/write head prevents a build up of debris that can
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cause irrecoverable errors when writing or reading data.</p>
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<p>You can use cleaning cartridges a limited number of times. When a cleaning
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cartridge has been used to its maximum number of times, the usefulness of
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the cartridge expires. When cartridges expire, replace them. Never reuse an
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expired cleaning cartridge. An expired cleaning cartridge introduces previously
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removed dirt to the tape drive. When you have cleaned the tape drive, mark
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the usage on the cartridge in order to best determine when your IBM<sup>®</sup> cleaning cartridge
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has expired.</p>
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<p>When you use cleaning cartridges you should not use a grease pencil on
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the label of the cleaning cartridge. Also, the cleaning cartridge should be
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undamaged and clean when it is inserted into a tape unit.</p>
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<ul class="ullinks">
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzam4quartclean.htm">Clean quarter-inch tape drives</a></strong><br />
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For quarter-inch tape drives, you should clean the head after every
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8 hours of tape movement when using IBM tape cartridges. Other tape media might
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require cleaning more frequently.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzam4clean8mm.htm">Clean eight-millimeter tape drives</a></strong><br />
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The eight-millimeter tape drives count the number of hours of tape motion and indicate when it is time to clean the tape drive by displaying a message to clean soon and turning on the Fault status light.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzam4cleanh_in.htm">Clean half-inch tape drives</a></strong><br />
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This topic provides information specific to cleaning half-inch tape drives.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzam4cleanultrium.htm">Clean LTO Ultrium tape drives</a></strong><br />
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All IBM Ultrium
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tape drives have an integrated cleaning device which brushes the head when
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loading and unloading a cartridge. Along with this, each drive has a cleaning
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procedure using a special cleaning cartridge.</li>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzam4tapebkgrnd.htm" title="This section contains topics that provide information about how to keep your tape resources in good condition.">Maintain tape resources</a></div>
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