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Chapter 3: Cartridges and Magazines
Supported Cartridge Types
Use the Ultrium data and cleaning tape cartridges designed for the tape drive formats present in
your library.
Tape Drive Cartridge Type
LTO-5 LTO-5 Ultrium Data Cartridge
LTO-6 LTO-6 Ultrium Data Cartridge
LTO-7 LTO-7 Ultrium Data Cartridge
LTO-8 LTO-8 and LTO-7 Type M Ultrium Data Cartridge
- Ultrium Universal Cleaning Cartridge
Labeling Tape Cartridges
Neither the EditShare Ark Tape application nor the tape library support unlabeled media.
Make sure every cartridge has a barcode label in place.
Misusing and misunderstanding bar code technology can result in backup and restore
failures. Use only high quality labels. Self-printed labels are not recommended as they are
often a source of barcode reading issues.
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The device contains a bar code reader that reads the tape labels and stores the inventory data in
memory. The device then provides the inventory information to the host application, OCP, and
RMI. LTO tape cartridges must have barcode labels in order for the EditShare Ark Tape application
to work as designed.
A proper bar code label includes the media ID in the last two characters of the bar code. The library
will not load an incompatible cartridge, based on the barcode media ID, into a tape drive. For
example, the library will not load a cartridge labeled as LTO-3 into an LTO-6 tape drive. This saves
the time needed to load the cartridge and have the tape drive reject it.
EditShare Ark Tape keeps track of the following information via the associated bar code:
• Date of format or initialization
• Media pool to which the tape belongs
• Data residing on the tape
• Age of the backup
• Errors encountered while using the tape (to determine if the tape is faulty)