User`s guide

Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Guide
Understanding LED Sequences
LTO-5 Tape Drive User’s Guide 67
Tap e F L AS H E S
Tap e F L A S H E S
The drive believes the current
tape or the tape just ejected is
faulty.
Unload the tape cartridge.
Make sure that you are
using the correct format
cartridge; an Ultrium data
cartridge or Ultrium
Universal Cleaning Cartridge
(see table 3
on page 31)
Reload the cartridge. If the
Tap e L E D still flashes or
starts flashing during the
next backup, load a new or
known good cartridge.
If the Tap e L E D is now off,
discard the 'suspect' tape
cartridge. If it is still on, call
for service.
The tape is
ejected
immediately and
Tap e F L AS H E S , o r
Drive FLASHES on
unloading tape.
The tape is
ejected
immediately
and Tape
FLASHES, or
Drive FLASHES
on unloading
tape.
The tape cartridge memory
(CM) may be faulty.
Write protect the cartridge
by sliding the switch on the
tape cartridge, see Write
Protecting a Tape Cartridge
on page 29. The tape can be
loaded and the data read.
Once the data is recovered,
the cartridge must be
discarded.
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