Cartridge Care And Handling; Provide Training; Ensuring Proper Packaging - IBM TS2900 Manual

Table 1. Location of the write-
protect switch
1 Write-Protect switch

Cartridge care and handling

Incorrect handling or an incorrect environment can damage cartridges or their magnetic tape.
Attention: Do not insert a damaged tape cartridge into the drive. A damaged cartridge can interfere with the reliability of a drive and might void the warranties of the drive
and the cartridge. Before inserting a tape cartridge, inspect the cartridge case, cartridge door, and write-protect switch for breaks.
Incorrect handling or an incorrect environment can damage cartridges or their magnetic tape. To avoid damage to your tape cartridges and to ensure the continued high
reliability of your IBM® LTO Ultrium Tape Drives, use the following guidelines.

Provide training

Providing training to the users of your tape drive can prolong the life of your tape cartridges.

Ensuring proper packaging

Proper acclimation and environmental conditions
Perform a thorough inspection
Handling the cartridges
Examples of cartridge problems
Several examples of cartridge problems.
Provide training
Providing training to the users of your tape drive can prolong the life of your tape cartridges.
Post procedures that describe proper media handling in places where people gather.
Ensure that anyone who handles tape has been properly trained in handling and shipping procedures. This includes operators, users, programmers, archival
services, and shipping personnel.
Ensure that any service or contract personnel who perform archiving are properly trained in media-handling procedures.
Include media-handling procedures as part of any services contract.
Define and make personnel aware of data recovery procedures.
Ensuring proper packaging
About this task
When shipping a cartridge, use the original or better packaging.
Always ship or store a cartridge in a jewel case.
Use only a recommended shipping container that securely holds the cartridge in its jewel case during transportation. Ultrium Turtlecases (by Perm-A-Store) are
tested and found to be satisfactory (see
Figure 1. Tape cartridges in a Turtlecase
Figure 1). They are available at http://www.turtlecase.com.
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