Getting Started with Stac Replica Backup

Chapter 6 Caring For Your Tape Drive

Figure 6-3. QIC-Wide Mini-cartridge

CAUTION Interfering with a tape cartridge during operations can cause

data loss and may make the tape temporarily unrecordable.

During read-write operations (while the operation light on the

front panel is flashing), do not:

Pull the tape cartridge out of the drive

Bump the tape cartridge

Turn off the power to the computer

If this does happen, you may not be able to read the data

currently written to the tape. In addition, the tape may not be

recordable until it is erased with an Erase utility.

To remove a tape cartridge from the drive:

1. Wait until the operation light on the front of your tape drive stops

blinking and your backup software indicates that it is all right to remove

the tape cartridge. Do not remove a tape cartridge during an operation.

See the Caution above.

2. Grasp the tape cartridge firmly and pull it straight out of the drive.