HP SureStore AutoBackup Administrator's Guide - Not Orderable

However, if you need to unload a cartridge urgently, even at the risk of losing data, you
must force ejection.
Caution: You can lose data if you force ejection. The tape may also end up invalidly
formatted because an EOD (End of Data) mark might not be written. Force ejection
only as a last resort to recover a cartridge.
To force ejection:
Hold the Eject button down for at least five seconds or press the Eject button three
times within one minute. The autoloader responds as follows:
The front panel display will show "Force Eject."
The autoloader waits 35 seconds to give the normal eject procedure a chance to
occur.
Once this time has elapsed, if there is a cartridge loaded in the drive it is
immediately unloaded, regardless of what operation the drive was performing.
The cartridge is then returned to its slot in the magazine, and the drive is reset as
though the power had been cycled.
Because the forced ejection may interrupt any operation, it is possible that the
drive will not write an EOD (End of Data) mark before the cartridge is ejected.
This will cause loss of data and leave the cartridge with an invalid format.
If no cartridge is loaded in the drive, the autoloader assumes that you want to
eject the magazine. Following the 35-second pause, it does this. The autoloader
is then reset as though power had been cycled.
Note: A forced ejection will abort any SCSI operations that may be in progress on the
autoloader and overrides any SCSI PREVENT MEDIA REMOVAL in effect.
Loading And Unloading, Autoloader
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