Cleaning cycle for PowerVault 112T

[Pam Astor]

>>I have a 112t PowerVault 1U rack which holds (I believe) the 110t tape drive, 
>>it runs DLT IV tapes.  @ present it's connected to a Poweredge 2950 III running Centos 5.1.
>>
>>I'm trying to run a clean cycle, and am not sure if it's doing what it's supposed to be doing.
>>The instructions that came with cleaning tape say that during the clean cycle, the ready 
>>light on the drive is supposed to stay solid green, and that the "clean media" light on
>>the front panel is supposed to flash.  And when it's done cleaning, the tape is supposed to auto eject.
>>
>>In my case, when the tape loads, ready light blinks, then stays lit solid, but at 
>>no time does the "clean media" light light up or flash.  
>>
>>How can I tell if it's really cleaning?  Or am I supposed to execute a
>>Linux command to commence cleaning?
> 
> Just wondered if any Dell experts had any insights into this problem from
> a few days ago?  I tried cleaning several times, thought it could be possible that maybe the 
> "clean media" light is burned out?
> 
> Or, is there a way CLI wise, to confirm that the tape drive has or has not
> run a cleaning cycle?

No one from Dell Corp. knows anything about the cleaning
cycle of a Dell 110T - 112T powervault tape backup unit?

Nor anyone on this list?
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