Dell PowerVault 100T DDS4 Handbook

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Dell DDS/DAT Media Handbook Page 123.5 Identifying Exhausted/Expired Cleaning Tape CharacteristicsThe cleaning tape for a DDS/DAT drive only moves in one direction. Looking at the figure below if all of thetape resides on the left roller, then you have a new cleaning tape. If all the tape resides on the Right roller then thetape is expired.Figure 13- New and Expired Cleaning MediaDrive Type Cleaning with a Good Tape Cleaning with an Expired TapeDell PowerVault DAT72, DDS4, andother manufacturer DDS drivesTape and Drive LED will turn on whiledrive is cleaned and media will ejectwhen completed.Clean light will flash rapidly and MediaLight will remain on.Nothing will happen and tape will stayin drive.Table 5 Characteristics of DDS/DAT cleaning tape in various drivesThe cleaning light on a DDS/DAT drive can come on for two reasons.1. A periodic maintenance threshold has been exceeded.2. A high error rate has occurred. This can happen for 3 reasons.• A head clog• A hardware failure on the drive• Bad or marginal media. (see Troubleshooting Cleaning/Read/Write errors)Note: Run Dell PowerEdge TM Diagnostics to determine media or hardware related failures.