HP B6960-90078 manual Detection of Write-Protected Media

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Managing Media

Detection of Write-Protected Media

Detection of Write-Protected Media

Data Protector can detect and handle media that has been mechanically protected by setting the write protection switch on.

It is recommended not to use write-protected media with Data Protector.

The following operations can detect and handle write-protected media:

•Read-only operations, such as: list, scan, and verify.

Read-only operations detect the write-protected media and proceed without any warnings.

•Write operations, such as: initialize, erase, and backup.

Write operations detect the write-protected media and either abort the session or skip the write-protected media. Backup sessions treat write-protected media as unusable media and behave according to the media allocation policy. If the allocation policy is strict, a mount request is issued. If the allocation policy is loose, the medium is skipped.

The detection of a write-protected medium and all changes to the write-protection state of the medium are logged to the media.log file.

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