DLT VS80 Tape Drive Reference Guide

Troubleshooting and Upgrading the Firmware
57DLT VS80 Tape Drive Reference Guide
Drive will not read or
write to media.
Media or format not
supported by tape
drive.
1. DLT IV cartridge contains
data written by a DLT
20/40 drive. Tape drive
cannot overwrite tape with
DLT 20/40 data. You must
degauss the media to be
able to write VS80
formatted data onto tape.
See Table 6 for media
compatibility.
2. DLT IV cartridge contains
format that cannot be read
by the VS80 drive. See
Table 6 for media
compatibility.
Table 7: Troubleshooting
Symptom Problem Solution