LTO-5 Half-Height SAS Tape Drives
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Problems with cartridges
6. After at least 15 seconds, power the drive back up and wait till the drive is
idle/ready.
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CAUTION:
Use care when disconnecting data cables to ensure that connectors
are not reversed, pins
are not bent, and so on.
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IMPORTANT:
Powering up with a cartridge in the drive can take several minutes. It
is important that you allow sufficient time for the drive to complete
rewinding the cartridge. If you interrupt it, you may damage the media
or the tape drive.
7. Ensure that drive activity has stopped (waiting 10 minutes after power up is
a good rule of thumb). Push the Eject button.
This step attempts to overcome unload issues due to the drive being in an
abnormal state or because Prevent Media Removal has been incorrectly left
on after being set by a rogue application.
8. Initiate a force eject or emergency unload operation by pressing and holding
the Eject button for 15 seconds. This step causes the drive to try everything
possible to unload the tape.
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CAUTION:
You may lose data if you force eject a cartridge that is in the middle of
a backup. The tape may also become unreadable because an EOD
(End of Data) mark may not be properly written.
9. If the cartridge is still jammed, the tape drive has failed. Please contact
Fujitsu Customer Support.
