Seagate STT320000A Online User's Manual page 20

Seagate Travan 40GB User Guide
software manual for tape retensioning instruc-
tions.
We recommend retensioning whenever:
• A cartridge is being used for the first time
• A cartridge has not been used for over a
month
• A cartridge has been dropped
• A cartridge has been shipped from one loca-
tion to another
• A cartridge has been exposed to a significant
change in temperature
For optimum performance, cartridges should be
retensioned prior to each use if your backup
software does not retension them automatically.
See the literature included with your tape car-
tridge for additional cartridge operating recom-
mendations.
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