Always let a cartridge acclimate to the operating environment before you use it. Acclimation is necessary for any data cartridge that has been exposed to a different humidity environment or to a temperature change of 11°C (20°F) or more. Place the cartridge, with its container, in the operating environment for as long as it has been away from the operating environment or for 24 hours, whichever is less.
Operating the 12/24GB 4mm Tape Drive in Harsh Environments
The tape drive is ideally suited to streaming operations rather than tape movement operations involving multiple stops and starts and random searches. You should use streaming movement whenever possible.
Do not use for archiving any tape that was previously used outside the ranges specified in ªEnvironmental Considerations for 12/24 GB 4 mm Data Cartridgesº on page 32 for an extended period of time. Exposure to the new environment deteriorates the magnetic and physical strength of the tape. Do not store important data on a tape that was used outside the specified ranges. For reliable archiving, transfer the data to a new tape.
Status Lights
The 12/24GB 4mm Tape Drive has two green status lights and one amber status light. The on and off combinations of the status lights indicate the conditions of the 12/24GB 4mm Tape Drive.
Each of the International Organization for Standards (ISO) symbols located above a status light indicates a specific condition of the tape drive as follows:
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3
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1Tape Drive Door
2Status lights
3Ready (green)
4Tape Motion (green)
5Disturbance (amber)
6Unload/Reset button
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