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...Media light flashes or stays on. • Tape ejects. • Backup software reports invalid media. • Error code 7 is displayed on drives with the cartridge if the CM is damaged or corrupted. Hence, the drive can still be able to recognize the tape. CM is referred to as the Cartridge Memory... interface. However, the data directory is not possible. A Fast Search to the correct location is lost. Invalid Media Symptoms PowerVault LTO tape drive with invalid media displays the following information: • The type of tape (EOT) across all wraps to find the data.
...Media light flashes or stays on. • Tape ejects. • Backup software reports invalid media. • Error code 7 is displayed on drives with the cartridge if the CM is damaged or corrupted. Hence, the drive can still be able to recognize the tape. CM is referred to as the Cartridge Memory... interface. However, the data directory is not possible. A Fast Search to the correct location is lost. Invalid Media Symptoms PowerVault LTO tape drive with invalid media displays the following information: • The type of tape (EOT) across all wraps to find the data.
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...backup applications support Tape Alerts. Verification doubles the number of Expired LTO Cleaning Tape Table 9. A hardware failure on solid green. Characteristics of passes the tape makes over the head. The cleaning light on an LTO drive turns on for the generation of the drive indicated (MMxE6) before reaching the maximum MM. - Dell PowerVault 110T LTO... has exceeded. - Bad or marginal media NOTE: If you perform a backup with an Expired Tape Dell PowerVault • Ready light blinks green. 110T LTO • Use cleaning cartridge light turns on solid amber. • Ejects...
...backup applications support Tape Alerts. Verification doubles the number of Expired LTO Cleaning Tape Table 9. A hardware failure on solid green. Characteristics of passes the tape makes over the head. The cleaning light on an LTO drive turns on for the generation of the drive indicated (MMxE6) before reaching the maximum MM. - Dell PowerVault 110T LTO... has exceeded. - Bad or marginal media NOTE: If you perform a backup with an Expired Tape Dell PowerVault • Ready light blinks green. 110T LTO • Use cleaning cartridge light turns on solid amber. • Ejects...
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Figure 1-1. This destroys pre-recorded servo information and renders the cartridge unusable. To prevent erasing a tape, slide the write-protect switch to the right. NOTE: Write-protection does not prevent a cartridge from being erased by bulk-erasure or degaussing. Setting the Write-Protect Switch 1 write-protect switch LTO Media Handbook 21 The erase feature in the backup software is the preferred method for erasing an LTO tape. Erasing a Pre-Written LTO Tape CAUTION: Do not bulk erase Ultrium format cartridges.
Figure 1-1. This destroys pre-recorded servo information and renders the cartridge unusable. To prevent erasing a tape, slide the write-protect switch to the right. NOTE: Write-protection does not prevent a cartridge from being erased by bulk-erasure or degaussing. Setting the Write-Protect Switch 1 write-protect switch LTO Media Handbook 21 The erase feature in the backup software is the preferred method for erasing an LTO tape. Erasing a Pre-Written LTO Tape CAUTION: Do not bulk erase Ultrium format cartridges.
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... -23 °C to 49 °C (50 °F to 113 °F) (61 °F to 90 °F) (61 °F to 77 °F) (-9 °F to 120 °F) Relative humidity 10 % to 80 % (non-condensing) Wet bulb temperature 26 °C (79 °F) 20 % to 80 % 20 % to 50 % 5 % to 80 % 26...). Such exposure can lead to the normal operating environment for example, terminals, motors, video equipment, X-ray equipment, or fields that all surfaces of tape, equates to over 20,000 end-to-end passes/260 full tape backups. • Archival life - 30 years 26 LTO Media Handbook
... -23 °C to 49 °C (50 °F to 113 °F) (61 °F to 90 °F) (61 °F to 77 °F) (-9 °F to 120 °F) Relative humidity 10 % to 80 % (non-condensing) Wet bulb temperature 26 °C (79 °F) 20 % to 80 % 20 % to 50 % 5 % to 80 % 26...). Such exposure can lead to the normal operating environment for example, terminals, motors, video equipment, X-ray equipment, or fields that all surfaces of tape, equates to over 20,000 end-to-end passes/260 full tape backups. • Archival life - 30 years 26 LTO Media Handbook