Quantum A-Series manual After Loading the Data Cartridge and During Operation

Table 25 Write-Protect Switch Positions

Data Cartridge Write-Protect Switch

•Slide the write-protect switch to the right to disable write protection (you can write over existing data on the media, and you can append additional data to the media unless the data cartridge is write- protected via firmware). When write-protection is disabled, no orange rectangle is visible.

For more details about the write-protect switch, see table 25.

	Orange
Write-protect	Write-protect
Switch Position	Indicator	Result
Before Loading the Data Cartridge
Enabled	Visible	You cannot write data to3 the
(Slide switch to		media. You cannot overwrite
left)		existing data on the media.
		You cannot append
		additional data to the media.
Disabled	Not Visible	Unless the data cartridge is
(Slide switch to		write-protected via firmware:
right)		- You can write data to the
		media.
		- You can overwrite existing
		data on the media.
		- You can append additional
		data to the media.
After Loading the Data Cartridge and During Operation
If you move the	Visible	If the tape drive is currently
write-protect		writing to a data cartridge,
switch from its		the write-protect feature does
right (disabled)		not take effect until after the
position to its left		current write operation
(enabled)		completes.
position

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