Quantum A-Series manual Performing an Emergency Reset and Cartridge Eject

Performing an Emergency Reset and Cartridge Eject

Performing an Emergency Reset and Cartridge Eject

If the A-Series LTO-3A tape drive stops communicating with the host computer, use the following procedure to reset the drive and eject a cartridge (if necessary).

Caution: When you perform an emergency reset and cartridge eject, any data in the drive or host buffers will not be written to the tape and the tape record may not be correctly terminated with an end-of-data mark. If the end- of-data mark is not written to the tape, you will not be able to append any data to that tape unless you overwrite the existing data on the tape.

To perform an emergency reset, hold down the load/unload button between 5 to 15 seconds, and then release it.

IF there is . . .	Then the tape drive firmware . . .
no tape in the drive,	restarts the drive and begins the Power On
	Self Test function.
a tape in the drive,	ignores all outstanding SCSI commands,
	ejects the tape, restarts the drive, and begins
	the Power On Self Test function.

Caution: When you power down the LTO-3A drive, keep the drive in the power off condition for at least 10 seconds before re- applying power.

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