Quantum A-Series manual Write Protecting an Ultrium Data Cartridge, Sliding the write-protect

Write Protecting an Ultrium Data Cartridge

Figure 7 Write-protect Switch on Ultrium Data Cartridge

Chapter 3 Using Your Tape Drive

A-Series Data Cartridges

Ultrium tape cartridges have a sliding write-protect switch at the right- rear corner as shown in figure 7.

Sliding the write-protect
switch toward the . . .	Enables data to be . . .
center of the cartridge	read from the cartridge, but not written to
(the Locked position),	it. (This is the write-protected position.)
corner of the cartridge	both read from and written to the
(the Unlocked position),	cartridge. (This is the write-enabled
	position.)

Front

Unlocked

Locked

Write protect switch (unlocked)

Loading a Data Cartridge

To load a data cartridge into the front of the A-Series tape drive:

1Insert the data cartridge into the front of the tape drive, as shown in figure 8.

2Push the data cartridge into the tape drive.until the drive senses the cartridge and automatically completes the load operation.

The Drive Status LED flashes to show that the media is loading. When the media reaches the Beginning of Tape (BOT) marker, the LED lights steadily. The data cartridge is now ready for use.

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