
Chapter 3 Cartridges
Write-protecting a Cartridge
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Table 22 Write-protect Tab
Positions
Write-protect
Tab Position
Orange Write-
protect
Indicator
Result
Before Loading the Cartridge
Enabled
(Slide tab to left)
Visible • You cannot write data to the
media
• You cannot overwrite existing
data on the media
• You cannot append
additional data to the media
Disabled
(Slide tab to
right)
Not Visible Unless the cartridge is write-
protected via firmware:
• You can write data to the
media
• You can overwrite existing
data on the media
• You can append additional
data to the media
After Loading the Cartridge and During Operation
If you move the
write-protect tab
from its right
(disabled)
position to its left
(enabled)
position
Visible If the tape drive is currently
writing to a cartridge, the write-
protect feature does not take
effect until after the current write
operation completes.
If you move the
write-protect tab
from its left
(enabled)
position to its
right (disabled)
position
Not Visible The cartridge becomes write-
enabled after a variable number
of seconds.
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