Plasmon V15 manual Resetting a Tape Drive

Resetting a Tape Drive

Resetting a tape drive causes the drive to perform its power-on self-test and rewind any loaded tape to the beginning. If a cartridge is present, a tape drive reset may take as long as 2.5 minutes, depending on what size cartridge you are using.

CAUTION

Before resetting the tape drive, make sure the tape drive is not communicating across the SCSI bus. Resetting the tape drive may disrupt communications on the SCSI bus.

NOTE

Performing a drive reset does not cause a cartridge loaded in the drive to eject. If a cartridge is in the drive during a reset, make sure that it is safe to overwrite the cartridge before performing a backup. If you perform a backup without checking the loaded cartridge, you may lose important data from a previous backup.

To reset the tape drive:

1. Press the [RESET] key. The following screen appears.

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2.Use the down arrow key to display the “Reset Drive n” screen, where n is the number of the drive you want to reset.

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3. Press [ENTER]. At the confirmation prompt, press [ENTER] again.

The tape drive performs a power-on self-test and rewinds any loaded tape to the beginning, but does not eject the cartridge. If a cartridge is loaded in the drive, this reset may take several minutes, depending on the size of the cartridge.

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