Half-High Drive: No Apparent Failure Or Damage To Tape - IBM TS3100 Setup, Operator, And Service Manual

Figure A-21. Leader Block Assembly (LBA)
10. Continue rotating the loader motor worm gear ( 1 in Figure A-20 on page
11. Remove the cartridge from the cartridge loader tray.
12. Go to "Ending Procedure" on page A-25.

Half-high Drive: No Apparent Failure or Damage to Tape

Note: If the cartridge in the drive is an INPUT tape containing ACTIVE or 'ONLY
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TS3100 Tape Library and TS3200 Tape Library Setup, Operator, and Service Guide
9. Rotate the threader motor worm gear ( 4 in Figure A-20 on page A-21) to
turn the threader mechanism gear ( 6 in Figure A-20 on page A-21)
counterclockwise. This moves the LBA out of the cartridge and past the
read/write head. Stop this rotation when the LBA is near the tape guide roller
nearest the rear of the drive shown as 1 Figure A-21.
A-21) until the rotator stub ( 3 in Figure A-20 on page A-21) is positioned as
shown. Notice that the rotator stub ( 3 in Figure A-20 on page A-21) is nearly
aligned with the cartridge loader tray guide bearing ( 2 in Figure A-20 on
page A-21).
COPY' data (i.e., there is no backup), eject commands issued at the host fail
to unload the tape, and power-cycling the drive fails to eject the cartridge,
make no further attempts to unload this tape. Call Technical Support and
open a PMR if one isn't already open, to initiate the process of sending the
drive with the loaded cartridge in for recovery.
1. Set the drive on its left side with the head and tape path facing up.
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