Cleaning Cartridge; Cartridge Compatibility; Handling Cartridges; Ultrium Cartridge Compatibility With Ultrium Tape Drives - IBM LTO Ultrium 4 Installation And User Manual

v Inserting a WORM tape cartridge into a drive that is not WORM capable causes
Requirements for WORM capability
To add WORM capability to your LTO Ultrium generation 3 or generation 4
drive(s), drive firmware must be at the correct code level, and you must use either
Ultrium 3 400 GB WORM tape cartridges or Ultrium 4 800 GB WORM tape
cartridges.

Cleaning cartridge

With each library, a specially labeled LTO Ultrium Cleaning Cartridge is supplied
to clean the drive head. The drive itself determines when a head needs to be
cleaned. To clean the head, insert the cleaning cartridge into the tape load
compartment of the drive or the Input/Output (I/O) station of the library. The
cleaning is performed automatically. When the cleaning is finished, the cartridge is
ejected.
Note: The drive will automatically eject an expired cleaning cartridge.
IBM cleaning cartridges are valid for 50 uses. The cartridge's LTO-CM chip tracks
the number of times that the cartridge is used.

Cartridge compatibility

Table 6. Ultrium cartridge compatibility with Ultrium tape drives
Tape Drive
Ultrium 4
Ultrium 3
Ultrium 2
Ultrium 1

Handling cartridges

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 LTO Ultrium Tape Drives, use the following
guidelines.
Provide training
v Post procedures that describe proper media handling in places where people
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LTO Ultrium 4 Half High Tape Drive
– a library will post an error on the operator control panel
the cartridge to be treated as an unsupported medium. The drive will report a
media Error Code 7. Upgrading the drive firmware to the correct code level will
resolve the problem.
800 GB (Ultrium 4) 400 GB (Ultrium 3)
Read/Write
gather.
LTO Ultrium Data Cartridges
200 GB (Ultrium 2)
Read/Write Read only
Read/Write Read/Write
Read/Write
100 GB (Ultrium 1)
Read only
Read/Write
Read/Write