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Chapter 4. Using the Library

Write-Protecting and Recording

The write-protect tab on the AIT cartridge prevents accidental data erasure. To use the

write-protect tab on the AIT data cartridge:

• With your fingernail, move the tab on the edge of the data cartridge to the SAFE

position. With the tab in this position, the tape can be read, but it cannot be written

to, and data on the tape is safe from accidental deletion.

• Move the tab to the REC position to record data. With the tab in this position, the

tape can be written to, and the data already on tape can be erased and written over.

Note: There is a slight difference in the configuration of the write-protect

tab between the AIT-1 cartridge and the AIT-2 and AIT-3

cartridges: the tab is vertical on AIT-1, and it is horizontal on AIT-2

and AIT-3. The example in Figure 4-4 on page 36 shows the AIT-2

and AIT-3 cartridge style.

Inserting a Tape Cartridge into a Drive

The robotic tape picker moves tapes between tape storage slots and the tape drives. If,

for any reason, you need to manually install the data cartridge directly in the tape drive

(for example, to load a firmware tape), follow this procedure.

To insert a data cartridge directly into a tape drive:

1. Open and close the library door. Shortly before the picker completes its

calibration routine, it pauses in front of the DCM and the LED shines green.

2. Open the door of the library while the picker is parked in front of the DCM.

3. Carefully insert the tape cartridge in the drive with the window facing the top of

the drive.

To remove a data cartridge from the drive without using the library robotics:

1. Power on the library.

2. Open the door of the library with the picker in front of the DCM.

3. Press Eject on the front of the drive, and the tape ejects.

Caution: Do not attempt to remove an AIT data cartridge from the tape

drive without pressing Eject, or you risk damaging the cartridge

and/or the drive. For a diagram showing the location of the drive

Eject button, see Figure 5-1 on page 43.

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