Loading A Tape Cartridge; Unloading A Tape Cartridge - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120 User Manual

Does not reformat Generation 3 cartridges to Generation 4 format
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Figure 14 shows the LTO Ultrium 800-GB Data Cartridge and its components.
Figure 14. LTO Ultrium 800-GB Data Cartridge
1. LTO cartridge memory
2. Label area
3. Write-protect switch
4. Insertion guide
5. Cartridge door
6. Leader pin

Loading a Tape Cartridge

1. Ensure that the tape drive is powered on. (The status light is solid green.)
2. Ensure that the write-protect switch (see number 3 in
3. Grasp the cartridge so that the write-protect switch faces you.
4. Slide the cartridge into the tape load compartment (see Figure 15). The tape drive will automatically load the cartridge.
If the cartridge is already in the ejected position and you want to reinsert it, remove the cartridge and then insert it again.
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If the cartridge is already loaded and you cycle the power (turn it off, then on), the cartridge does not automatically eject. When the drive powers
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back on, the cartridge is brought back to the loaded position.
Figure 15. Loading
1. Write-Protect Switch

Unloading a Tape Cartridge

1. Ensure that the tape drive is powered on. (The status light is solid green.)
2. Press the eject button (see number 1 in
rewinds, then goes out before the cartridge ejects.
3. After the cartridge ejects, grasp the cartridge and remove it.
Whenever you unload a tape cartridge, the tape drive writes any pertinent information to the cartridge memory.
NOTICE: Do not remove a tape cartridge while the drive activity indicator is on.
Setting the Write-Protect Switch on Tape Cartridges
NOTICE: Write-protection will not prevent a cartridge from being erased by bulk-erasure or degaussing. Do not bulk-erase Ultrium format cartridges.
This will destroy prerecorded servo information and render the cartridge unusable. Always use the long or quick erase command in your backup
software to erase cartridges.
The position of the write-protect switch
If the switch is set to locked (locked padlock), data cannot be written to the tape.
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If the switch is set to unlocked (unlocked padlock or black void), data can be written to the tape.
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Figure 14) is properly set. (See
Figure 13). The drive rewinds the tape and ejects the cartridge. The status light flashes green while the tape
(Figure 16) on the tape cartridge determines whether you can write to the tape:
"Setting the Write-Protect Switch on Cartridges".)