Dismounting A Cartridge From A T9840 Tape Drive - StorageTek L180 Operator's Manual

Mounting and Dismounting Cartridges Manually
6. Wait for one of the following messages to display on the drive's front panel:
• The Ready F, a write-protected cartridge loads successfully.
• The Ready U, a cartridge that is not write-protected loads successfully.
• The Ready A, a write-enabled VolSafe cartridge loads successfully.
• The NTReady message displays when the tape in the cartridge has lost
• The LOADxxxx message displays when the cartridge unsuccessfully

Dismounting a Cartridge from a T9840 Tape Drive

To dismount a cartridge from a T9840 Tape Drive:
1. Make sure that the drive is not selected or in use.
2. Open the front door by using a latch key to unlock both latches.
3. Press the
following conditions may occur:
• After the tape rewinds, the cartridge ejects from the drive. Remove the
• The cartridge fails to eject after the tape rewinds. Refer to the Tape Drive
• If the
4. Gently pull the cartridge from the drive.
5. Store the cartridge in an empty cell or outside the library.
If you store the cartridge in empty cell, you will have to re-initialize the
library (see
6. Place the drive online.
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tension. Follow the instructions outlined in the Tape Drive User's
Reference Manual to correct this condition.
loads, where the xxxx is a fault symptom code. Follow the instructions
outlined in the Tape Drive User's Reference Manual to correct this
condition.
switch on the front panel of the drive. One of the
Unload
cartridge from the drive.
User's Reference Manual to correct this condition.
Unload switch is pressed during a write operation, the drive tries
to write the remaining data before the cartridge unloads. If the
UnWrxxxx (Unwritten Data) message displays, where xxxx is the fault
symptom code, the attempt failed and some data remains unwritten to
the tape. For more information about recovering from an Unwritten
Data condition, refer to the Tape Drive User's Reference Manual.
"Initializing and IPLing the Library" on page
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