Cleaning a robotic library drive

Last published : Apr 02, 2026
You can create and schedule a cleaning job for a robotic library drive.
See About storage operation jobs.
To create a cleaning job now
  1. Ensure that you specify the slot that contains the cleaning tape.
  2. Ensure that the cleaning tape is in the defined cleaning slot and is in the same library that contains the drive that you want to clean.
  3. On the Storage tab, right-click the drive that you want to clean, click Clean, and then clickClean now.
  4. (Optional) View the job history or click the Job Monitor tab for details about the job.
To schedule a cleaning job
  1. Ensure that you specify the slot that contains the cleaning tape.
  2. Ensure that the cleaning tape is in the defined cleaning slot and is in the same library that contains the drive that you want to clean.
  3. On the Storage tab, right-click the drive that you want to clean, click Clean now, and then clickSchedule.
  4. To send a notification when the job completes, in the left pane, click Notification and select the options you want.
  5. To schedule the job, in the left pane, click Schedule and select the options that you want.
See Scheduling a storage operation job.
  1. Click OK.
  2. (Optional) View the job history or click the Job Monitor tab for details about the job.
See Viewing jobs, job histories, backup sets, and active alerts for storage devices.
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