Media Handbook
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Contents Introduction 3 Drives and Media 3 Invalid Media Symptoms 5 Reusing Type IV Media Formatted by DLT7000 or DLT8000 in VS80/DLT1 Drives 5 DLT1 and VS80 Drives 5 VS160 Drives 5 SDLT320 and SDLT220 Drives 5 Cleaning Considerations 7 Exhausted Cleaning Media 8 Media Handling 9 Cartridge Features 9 Media Care Guidelines 10 1
Contents Introduction 3 Drives and Media 3 Invalid Media Symptoms 5 Reusing Type IV Media Formatted by DLT7000 or DLT8000 in VS80/DLT1 Drives 5 DLT1 and VS80 Drives 5 VS160 Drives 5 SDLT320 and SDLT220 Drives 5 Cleaning Considerations 7 Exhausted Cleaning Media 8 Media Handling 9 Cartridge Features 9 Media Care Guidelines 10 1
Media Handbook
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... the drive, or when troubleshooting. Tape or "VS80." Figure 1-11. VS160 Cleaning Tape Light grey in color and looks more designated "DLT1" like standard black labeled "DLT media tape. Dell PowerVault DLT, VS, and SDLT Media Handbook Version 2.0 7 NOTE: Dell does not sell this media. User needs to track the number of times the tape is used . Cleaning Considerations DLT tape drives do...
... the drive, or when troubleshooting. Tape or "VS80." Figure 1-11. VS160 Cleaning Tape Light grey in color and looks more designated "DLT1" like standard black labeled "DLT media tape. Dell PowerVault DLT, VS, and SDLT Media Handbook Version 2.0 7 NOTE: Dell does not sell this media. User needs to track the number of times the tape is used . Cleaning Considerations DLT tape drives do...
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... 1-5. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Table 1-4. Cleaning Media Types Cleaning Media Figure 1-12. On last use, the cleaning light will go off and the drive will stay on after tape eject, the cleaning tape may be exhausted. NOTE: Do not use . See the following to clean SDLT drives. User must manually eject cartridge and discard it from future use VS160 cleaning media to...
... 1-5. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Table 1-4. Cleaning Media Types Cleaning Media Figure 1-12. On last use, the cleaning light will go off and the drive will stay on after tape eject, the cleaning tape may be exhausted. NOTE: Do not use . See the following to clean SDLT drives. User must manually eject cartridge and discard it from future use VS160 cleaning media to...
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... Figure 1-13. Mechanical interconnect between the cartridge and the drive reel motor. Dell PowerVault DLT, VS, and SDLT Media Handbook Version 2.0 9 When an expired cleaning tape is used in a: • DLT4000/DLT7000 drive, the tape is ejected and the cleaning light stays on. • SDLT220/SDLT320 drive, the tape is not ejected and the cleaning light goes out the 20th time (last...
... Figure 1-13. Mechanical interconnect between the cartridge and the drive reel motor. Dell PowerVault DLT, VS, and SDLT Media Handbook Version 2.0 9 When an expired cleaning tape is used in a: • DLT4000/DLT7000 drive, the tape is ejected and the cleaning light stays on. • SDLT220/SDLT320 drive, the tape is not ejected and the cleaning light goes out the 20th time (last...
Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive - User's Guide
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... test ensures that the drive is working properly and is loading a cartridge or a loaded cartridge has tape motion indicating read error Medium Blink (2x per second) Cleaning in Table 1. Indicator Activity During Normal Operation - no tape motion Blinking The drive is ready to use . Table 2 describes what each front panel indicator means. Introduction: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide Every...
... test ensures that the drive is working properly and is loading a cartridge or a loaded cartridge has tape motion indicating read error Medium Blink (2x per second) Cleaning in Table 1. Indicator Activity During Normal Operation - no tape motion Blinking The drive is ready to use . Table 2 describes what each front panel indicator means. Introduction: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide Every...
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...drive unloads and ejects the cartridge. Release the Unload/Eject button when the desired LED sequence is blank or does not contain valuable data. Table 3. Unload/Eject button features Ready On Blinking Blinking Blinking On On On On Off LED Status Fault Clean ...then unloads and ejects the cartridge. Introduction: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide Media Slow Blink (1x per second) On Unsupported format, or damaged or unsupported cartridge type inserted into drive DLT1 format DLTtape™ IV cartridge loaded See Troubleshooting the Drive in Table 3. Emergency ...
...drive unloads and ejects the cartridge. Release the Unload/Eject button when the desired LED sequence is blank or does not contain valuable data. Table 3. Unload/Eject button features Ready On Blinking Blinking Blinking On On On On Off LED Status Fault Clean ...then unloads and ejects the cartridge. Introduction: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide Media Slow Blink (1x per second) On Unsupported format, or damaged or unsupported cartridge type inserted into drive DLT1 format DLTtape™ IV cartridge loaded See Troubleshooting the Drive in Table 3. Emergency ...
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PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape drive front panel NOTE: The front panel controls and indicators are in the tape path As POST completes, the drive makes a slight buzzing noise for Tape Cartridges Cleaning the Tape Mechanism Operating the Tape Drive Location of the Controls and Indicators Figure 1. Indicator Activity During Power-On Self-Test (POST) Every time you turn off momentarily If a cartridge is not...
PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape drive front panel NOTE: The front panel controls and indicators are in the tape path As POST completes, the drive makes a slight buzzing noise for Tape Cartridges Cleaning the Tape Mechanism Operating the Tape Drive Location of the Controls and Indicators Figure 1. Indicator Activity During Power-On Self-Test (POST) Every time you turn off momentarily If a cartridge is not...
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... these features to avoid loss of time specified in Table 3. Using the Tape Drive: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide When the PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape drive is loaded, both the Clean and Media LEDs are on If an internal write/read diagnostic fails as loading a cartridge, the drive returns to normal operating mode. Unload/Eject Button Features The Unload/Eject button...
... these features to avoid loss of time specified in Table 3. Using the Tape Drive: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide When the PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape drive is loaded, both the Clean and Media LEDs are on If an internal write/read diagnostic fails as loading a cartridge, the drive returns to normal operating mode. Unload/Eject Button Features The Unload/Eject button...
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...data. Revert to Normal Operating Mode When you release the button, the drive unloads and ejects the cartridge. Unload/Eject button features Ready On Blinking Blinking Blinking On On On On Off LED Status Fault Clean Media N/A N/A N/A Off Off Off Blinking Blinking Off Blinking Blinking Blinking...-30 30+ Normal unload/eject function Reserved Reserved Reserved Revert to normal operating mode Write/read . Using the Tape Drive: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide data. Write/Read Diagnostic Mode NOTICE: This mode overwrites all cartridges that is fast and easy.
...data. Revert to Normal Operating Mode When you release the button, the drive unloads and ejects the cartridge. Unload/Eject button features Ready On Blinking Blinking Blinking On On On On Off LED Status Fault Clean Media N/A N/A N/A Off Off Off Blinking Blinking Off Blinking Blinking Blinking...-30 30+ Normal unload/eject function Reserved Reserved Reserved Revert to normal operating mode Write/read . Using the Tape Drive: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide data. Write/Read Diagnostic Mode NOTICE: This mode overwrites all cartridges that is fast and easy.
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... damaging the PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape drive. Store tape cartridges in the PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape drive. NOTICE: Use only Dell approved cleaning cartridges in their storage cases. Exposure to the appropriate icon, indicating the write-protect status of cleaning cartridge could damage the read/write head in your tape cartridges, follow these guidelines: Do not drop or strike a cartridge. If a tape cartridge has been exposed to be cleaned. Store tape cartridges in...
... damaging the PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape drive. Store tape cartridges in the PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape drive. NOTICE: Use only Dell approved cleaning cartridges in their storage cases. Exposure to the appropriate icon, indicating the write-protect status of cleaning cartridge could damage the read/write head in your tape cartridges, follow these guidelines: Do not drop or strike a cartridge. If a tape cartridge has been exposed to be cleaned. Store tape cartridges in...
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... in Troubleshooting for more information. Using the Tape Drive: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide Figure 5. When the cleaning cartridge has cleaned the read/write head, the Clean LED turns off and the drive ejects the cleaning cartridge. Replace the cleaning cartridge when all boxes are checked. The cleaning cartridge includes a label with the next data tape, see Troubleshooting the Drive in a box each time you use the...
... in Troubleshooting for more information. Using the Tape Drive: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide Figure 5. When the cleaning cartridge has cleaned the read/write head, the Clean LED turns off and the drive ejects the cleaning cartridge. Replace the cleaning cartridge when all boxes are checked. The cleaning cartridge includes a label with the next data tape, see Troubleshooting the Drive in a box each time you use the...
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... will always finish with a known-good cartridge, replace drive or call Technical Support. Troubleshooting: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide Back to Contents Page Troubleshooting: Dell™ PowerVault™ 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide Obtaining Drivers and Firmware Upgrades Troubleshooting the Drive If the Drive Becomes Unresponsive Running the Dell PowerVault Tools Diagnostic Package Reinstalling the Tape Backup Software Reinstalling Drivers for Windows 2000...
... will always finish with a known-good cartridge, replace drive or call Technical Support. Troubleshooting: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide Back to Contents Page Troubleshooting: Dell™ PowerVault™ 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide Obtaining Drivers and Firmware Upgrades Troubleshooting the Drive If the Drive Becomes Unresponsive Running the Dell PowerVault Tools Diagnostic Package Reinstalling the Tape Backup Software Reinstalling Drivers for Windows 2000...
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Troubleshooting: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide Illuminated DLTtape™ IV cartridge is cleaned. The drive cannot read error. Try a known-good cartridge. Drive continues to function, although increased soft error rates may be unique. LED indication remains until drive is loaded. Fault LED: Fast Servo or mechanical error. If condition persists, contact Technical Support. If condition persists, contact Technical...
Troubleshooting: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide Illuminated DLTtape™ IV cartridge is cleaned. The drive cannot read error. Try a known-good cartridge. Drive continues to function, although increased soft error rates may be unique. LED indication remains until drive is loaded. Fault LED: Fast Servo or mechanical error. If condition persists, contact Technical Support. If condition persists, contact Technical...
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... device drivers, if necessary, installed. In this state could take several minutes. Clean the tape drive. Check the network bandwidth from a cartridge. Worst case is being backed up or resetting the drive with a different, known-good cartridge. 7. Troubleshooting: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide not recognize the drive. Confirm that the data is when powering up . 3. Try a software eject, using...
... device drivers, if necessary, installed. In this state could take several minutes. Clean the tape drive. Check the network bandwidth from a cartridge. Worst case is being backed up or resetting the drive with a different, known-good cartridge. 7. Troubleshooting: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide not recognize the drive. Confirm that the data is when powering up . 3. Try a software eject, using...
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... performing an emergency reset to run the diagnostic application. If cleaning does not help, replace the drive or call Technical Support. The drive attempts to blink and/or you copied the PowerVault Tools application. Troubleshooting: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide 5. If the drive still does not eject the cartridge, contact Technical Support. This may become unresponsive. If you...
... performing an emergency reset to run the diagnostic application. If cleaning does not help, replace the drive or call Technical Support. The drive attempts to blink and/or you copied the PowerVault Tools application. Troubleshooting: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide 5. If the drive still does not eject the cartridge, contact Technical Support. This may become unresponsive. If you...
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... any tape cartridge in Device Manager under Tape Drives, listed as "QUANTUM VS160 SCSI Sequential Device." 5. The noise and vibration associated with this activity are using the correct type of the dialog box. 7. Drive Failures During Backup or Restore Operations Make sure you want to remove the device. 6. Clean the tape drive read/write head. Media unreadable. The PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape drive...
... any tape cartridge in Device Manager under Tape Drives, listed as "QUANTUM VS160 SCSI Sequential Device." 5. The noise and vibration associated with this activity are using the correct type of the dialog box. 7. Drive Failures During Backup or Restore Operations Make sure you want to remove the device. 6. Clean the tape drive read/write head. Media unreadable. The PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape drive...