Write-Protecting Your Dat; Figure 5.3 Digital Audio Tape - Nortel CC MIS User Manual

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Write-protecting your DAT

After backing up data, you may want to protect the tape from being
written over. A write protect setting exists on the DAT, illustrated in
Figure 5-3. To protect the contents of the tape, use your fingernail to
move the white tab to the left. The figure below illustrates the setting
for a write protected tape. To allow data to be written on a tape, move
the white tab to the right.
The white tab must be all the way to the right in
Note:
order to record data on a backup tape.

Figure 5.3 Digital audio tape

On systems with both a DAT drive and a cartridge
tape drive, the DAT must be used backups. Do not
use the cartridge tape drive for backups.
Do not unload the backup tape from the tape drive
during a backup. Unloading the tape may cause
damage to the tape drive.
Use correct tape drive
for backups
Damage to tape drive
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