User's Manual

Configuring and Operating the DLT4500 Mini-Library

DLT4000/DLT4500/DLT4700 Cartridge Tape Subsytem 4-25

Figure 4-10 shows the write-protect switch on the tape cartridge.

Orange

Indicator

•

Write-

Protect

Switch

Write-Enabled

•

Write-

Protected

Figure 4-10 Write-Protect Switch on a Cartridge

4.10.2 Data Protection

If you move the cartridge write-protect switch to the left, and then load the tape, the

WP (write-protect) message displays.

Table 4-10 describes what happens to data protection when you move the write-protect

switch before you load the cartridge.

Table 4-10 Before Loading the Cartridge

If you move the write-protect switch … Then …

To the left, the tape is write-protected,

with the orange indicator showing

You cannot write data to the tape.

To the right, the tape is write-enabled You can write data to the tape (if it is not

software write-protected).