To clean a tape drive

1. In the NetBackup Administration Console, select Activity Monitor. Then, select the Drives tab in the Details pane.

2. Select the drive that you want to clean.

3. Select Actions > Drive Cleaning, then select one of the following drive cleaning actions:

   • Clean Now

     Start an operator-initiated cleaning of the selected drive, regardless of the cleaning frequency or accumulated mount time. If the drive is a stand-alone drive, it must contain a cleaning tape for a mount request to be issued. Clean Now resets the mount time to zero, but the cleaning frequency value remains the same.

   • Reset Mount Time

     Reset the mount time for the selected drive to zero. Use Reset Mount Time to reset the mount time after doing a manual cleaning of a drive.

   • Set Cleaning Frequency

     Set the number of mount hours between drive cleanings.