User's Manual

Chapter 9 Using Data and Cleaning Cartridges
Unloading a Data Cartridge
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Unloading a Data Cartridge 9
To unload a data cartridge from your tape drive, follow these steps:
1 Press the Unload/Eject button or use your tape backup software to
unload the data cartridge. The
Ready LED blinks while the tape drive
rewinds the tape.
2 When the tape drive has rewound the tape, it ejects the data
cartridge, as shown in figure 25
.
Figure 25 Unloading a DLTtape
VS1 Data Cartridge from the
Tape Drive
3
Remove the data cartridge from the tape drive.
4 Return the data cartridge to its plastic storage case to prolong data
cartridge life.
Caution: Remove the data cartridge from your tape drive before
powering off the tape drive—or the server or workstation
for an internal tape drive. Leaving a data cartridge in the
tape drive when power is off can result in data cartridge
and tape drive damage and may cause data loss because
the header/catalog data may not be properly written
before the tape drive loses power.