M8 Media - Spectra Logic Spectra T950V User Manual

Chapter 7 — Importing and Exporting Cartridges
3. Insert the prepared cartridges into the magazine. Make sure that the
Do not put data cartridges in a Maintenance TeraPack magazine. The Maintenance
Important
TeraPack magazine, with properly labeled cleaning cartridges, can only be used in a
cleaning partition.

M8 Media

When the library loads an unused LTO‐7 tape cartridge with a barcode
label ending with "M8" into an LTO‐8 tape drive using firmware HB82 or
later, the drive attempts to initialize the tape for M8 density, increasing the
density from 6 TB to 9 TB. Once initialized, the tape can no longer be
written to, or read by, an LTO‐7 drive.
To use the M8 feature, make sure that your tape library uses the default
barcode reporting configuration or a configuration that reports the last two
characters, not including the checksum. See Configure Barcode Reporting
on page 110 for details of the default barcode reporting configuration and
instructions for changing the barcode configuration.
If the tape drive determines that the tape cartridge does not meet the
unused criteria, the M8 initialization fails and the tape retains LTO‐7
density. If the library or your storage management software reports an M8
initialization failure, Spectra Logic recommends replacing the barcode on
the tape with an L7 barcode.
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cartridges are oriented with the hub side toward the front of the
magazine, which has a textured surface on each side.
Figure 107 Insert prepared cartridges into a TeraPack magazine (LTO shown).
Preparing Cartridges for Use
Cartridge barcode label
Cartridge hub
Front of TeraPack magazine
(note textured surface on each side)
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