Write Protecting Cartridges - Fujitsu LTO-6 User Manual

Using Ultrium Media
6.3.4

Write protecting cartridges

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CAUTION!
Always remove the cartridge from the tape drive before you change the
write protection.
If you want to protect the data on a cartridge from being altered or overwritten,
you can write protect the cartridge.
To write protect a cartridge, push the switch to the right to prevent any data
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recording on the cartridge. Note the padlock on the tab that indicates that the
cartridge is protected.
To write enable a cartridge, push the switch to the left to allow data recording
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on the cartridge. The location of the write-protect tab is illustrated by
1. Write-protect tab
Figure 6: Write protecting a cartridge
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LTO-6 Half-Height SAS Tape Drive
figure 6.