Cleaning The Tape Drive; Handling Cartridges; Write Protecting A Cartridge - StorageTek LTO User Manual

1. Write-protect tab
Figure 16 Write protecting a cartridge
.
Write protection will not protect your cartridges against magnets. Write protection will not prevent a cartridge being erased
by bulk-erasure or degaussing. Do not bulk erase LTO format cartridges. This will destroy pre-recorded information and
make the cartridge unusable.

Cleaning the tape drive

You must use the Ultrium Universal Cleaning Cartridge with LTO tape drives, as other cleaning cartridges will not load
and run.
To clean the tape drive:
LTO tape drives do not require regular cleaning. An Ultrium Universal Cleaning Cartridge should only be used when the
orange Clean LED is flashing.
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 solid and the green Ready LED will flash.
Each Ultrium Universal Cleaning Cartridge cleaning cartridge can be used up to 50 times with LTO tape drives. If the
cleaning cartridge is ejected immediately with the Tape LED on, it has expired.

Handling cartridges

• Do not touch the tape media.
• Do not attempt to clean the tape path or tape guides inside the cartridge.
• Do not leave cartridges in the drive. The tape loses tension in the power-off state, which can lead to problems, particularly
if the drive has been moved.
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