Cleaning The Tape Drive; Handling Cartridges - HP STOREEVER LTO 4 User Manual

Figure 29 Write protecting a cartridge
1. Write-protect tab (padlock indicates that cartridge is protected)
CAUTION:
will not prevent a cartridge being erased by bulk-erasure or degaussing. Do not bulk erase Ultrium
format cartridges. Doing so will destroy prerecorded servo information and make the cartridge
unusable.

Cleaning the tape drive

LTO Ultrium tape drives do not require regular cleaning. Only use an Ultrium universal cleaning
cartridge when the orange Clean LED is flashing.
Use the Ultrium Universal Cleaning cartridge (C7978A) with LTO Ultrium tape drives, as other
cleaning cartridges will not load and run.
To clean the tape drive:
1. Insert the Ultrium Universal Cleaning cartridge.
2. The drive will carry out its cleaning cycle and eject the cartridge on completion (which can
take up to 5 minutes). During the cleaning cycle, the orange Clean LED will be on solidly
and the green Ready LED will flash.
Each Ultrium universal cleaning cartridge (C7978A) can be used up to 50 times with LTO
Ultrium tape drives. If the cleaning cartridge is ejected immediately with the Tape LED on,
it has expired.

Handling cartridges

Keep the cartridge in the case provided.
Store and transport cartridges in their case in the vertical orientation.
Follow the temperature, humidity, and acclimatization guidelines on the cartridge packaging.
Avoid dropping the cartridge as this could cause it to be damaged.
Write-protection will not protect your cartridges against magnets. Write-protection
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