User's Guide
Chapter 3 DX3000 and DX5000 Remote Management
Configuration
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Figure 26 Enabling/Disabling 
Write Protection
Available tape 
cartridge list
Write protect 
enable/disable
Apply button
2 Select the tape cartridges from the Available Tape Cartridge list and 
click the right arrow button to move them into the 
Selected Tape 
Cartridge
 list. You can sort the tape cartridges by barcode, partition, 
location, and used. You can show all cartridges, unassigned 
cartridges, or by partition assignment.
3 Check Enable Write-Protection Selected Tape(s) to ENABLE write 
protection on the selected tape cartridges or un-check the Write-
Protection Select Tape(s) to DISABLE write protection on the selected 
tape cartridges.
4 When you have selected the tape(s) and write protection status, click 
Apply.
Write protection for the selected tapes is enable/disabled.
Assigning Barcodes 3
Barcode labels provide individual identities for each tape cartridge in the 
system. These labels allow the DX3000/DX5000 system and third-party 
backup applications to track and differentiate between the tape cartridges 
within the system.










