| 1  | In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices. | 
| 2  | In the list of devices, click the icon  | 
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| 4  | In the Set Cleaning Life dialog box, configure the following option: | 
| • | Set media lives: Type or select the number of times the tape can be used for cleaning a drive. The default value is 0. | 
| 5  | Click OK to save the settings and close the dialog box. | 
You can set up automatic cleaning routines for tape drives from the Tape Drive Management page. NetVault Backup lets you use the following options to define a cleaning routine: number of days, amount of data transferred, hours of use, and number of read or write errors.
| 1  | In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices. | 
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| 4  | In the Drive Cleaning Options dialog box, configure the following options. | 
| To perform drive cleaning after every x days, select the Apply check box to the left, and type or select the value. | |
| To perform drive cleaning after every x GiB of data transfer, select the Apply check box to the left, and type or select the value. | |
| To perform drive cleaning after every x hour, select the Apply check box to the left, and type or select the value. | |
| To perform drive cleaning after every x*100 soft read/write errors, select the Apply check box to the left, and type or select the value. | 
| 5  | Click OK to save the settings and close the dialog box. | 
You can manually submit a drive cleaning request from the Tape Drive Management page.
| 1  | In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices. | 
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| 1  | In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices. | 
| 3  | Click Unload. |