LTO-5 Half-Height SAS Tape Drives
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Write protecting cartridges
5.3
Write protecting cartridges
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WARNING!
Always remove the cartridge from the tape drive before you change the
write protection.
If you want to protect the data on a cartridge from being altered or overwritten,
you can write protect the cartridge.
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To write protect a cartridge, push the switch to the right to prevent any data
recording on the cartridge. Note the padlock on the tab that indicates that the
cartridge is protected.
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To write enable a cartridge, push the switch to the left to allow data recording
on the cartridge. Figure
5 on page 19
illustrates the location of the write-
protect tab.
Figure 5: Write protecting a cartridge
1. Write-protect tab
