User`s guide

Cartridge Handling Tasks
360 SL500 User’s Guide • July 2008 Revision: KA • 96116
▼ Apply a Label to a Cartridge
Cartridge labels reflect the cartridge media and usage. If your cartridges were not
ordered with labels already applied, you must apply them yourself. You must correctly
label all cartridges for library use.
Caution – Possible misread of volume number label: Make sure the edges of the labels do
not curl; curling causes the cartridges to stick in the tape drive loader and the robot to
misread the label.
Use the procedure to apply a label to a tape cartridge.
1. Make sure the cartridge has been at room temperature for at least 24 hours.
2. Clean the surface where the labels will be placed using a cleaning solution made for
this purpose see “Maintaining Cartridges” on page 348.
3. Locate the type of label that you require.
4. Hold the cartridge so that the write-protect switch is toward you.
5. Attach the label to the cartridge. See the following figures for details:
■ LTO cartridges—FIGURE B-3 on page 353
■ SDLT/DLT-S4 cartridges—FIGURE B-6 on page 356