Prepare The Cartridges For Use - Spectra TFinity User Manual

Chapter 7 — Importing and Exporting Cartridges

Prepare the Cartridges for Use

Use the following steps to prepare the individual cartridges to be loaded
into the library.
1. If your cartridges are unlabeled, prepare and affix a barcode label to
Do not place labels on any surface of the cartridge except the area shown in
Caution
An improperly positioned label can become dislodged and damage the drive.
Before importing cartridges into the library, allow them to acclimate to the ambient
Important
environment — temperature, humidity, and so forth — for 24 hours.
If you are using Auto Drive Clean, all cleaning cartridges must be identified with
Important
"CLN" at the beginning of the barcode sequence on their labels. This requirement
applies to both standard and custom barcode labels.
2. Depending on whether you plan to write data to a cartridge or restore
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each cartridge. Position each label in the indented area on the cartridge,
as illustrated in Figure 144. See Barcode Label Specifications on
page 552 for detailed information about barcode labels.
Figure 144 Attach barcode labels to cartridges and check write-protect
switch setting (LTO cartridge shown).
data from a cartridge, make sure the write‐protect switch on the
cartridge is set for the desired operation.
Cleaning cartridges do not have a write‐protect switch.
Note:
If the switch...
Does not cover the opening
Does cover the opening
Prepare the Cartridges for Use
CAUTION:
labels on any surface of the
cartridge except the front.
Barcode label
Write-protect switch
The cartridge is...
Write‐enabled. Data can be written to or read
from the tape.
Write‐protected. Data can be read from the tape.
Data cannot be written to or erased from the tape.
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Figure 144.
Do not place
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