Loading/Unloading Cartridges Manually

When the library is offline, you can—after taking adequate precautions—load a cartridge into a drive or unload a cartridge from a drive. The following pages provide manual load and unload procedures for DLT, Ultrium, and 9840 drives.

Note

If you manually load any cartridges into a drive, you should

 

manually unload them from the drive when the drive’s operation

 

is finished. Place them into a cell or remove them from the

 

library.

 

 

Loading a Cartridge into a DLT Drive

DLT drives contain load handle mechanisms to assist the drive in loading cartridges. The load lever can be seen on the front of these drives. Follow the directions below to manually load a DLT drive.

Caution Potential equipment damage: Before you load a cartridge into the drive, you must make sure power is on and the Operate Handle indicator is steadily on (not flashing).

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