HP StoreEver Ultrium Tape Drives User Manual

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9.

Initiate a force eject or emergency unload operation by pressing and holding the Eject button
for 15 seconds. This step causes the drive to try everything possible to unload the tape.

CAUTION:

You may lose data if you force eject a cartridge that is in the middle of a backup.

The tape may also become unreadable because an EOD (End of Data) mark may not be
properly written.

10. If the cartridge is still jammed, the tape drive has failed. Contact customer support at

http://

www.hp.com/support

.

Once the cartridge is successfully ejected, it is good practice to run Library & Tape Tools to diagnose
the problem and upgrade the firmware. If the failure occurs regularly on multiple cartridges, contact
customer support at

http://www.hp.com/support

.

The drive will not accept the cartridge (or ejects it immediately)

The cartridge may have been damaged, for example dropped, or the drive may have a fault. If it
is a cleaning cartridge, it has probably expired and should be discarded immediately. For data
cartridges:
1.

Check that the drive has power (the power cord is properly connected and the Ready LED is
on).

2.

Check that you are using the correct media. Use only Ultrium media.

Table 6 Data cartridge compatibility

Ultrium 6.25
TB** data
cartridge

Ultrium 3 TB*
data cartridge

Ultrium 1.6
TB* data
cartridge

Ultrium 800
GB* data
cartridge

Ultrium 400
GB* data
cartridge

Ultrium 200
GB* data
cartridge

LTO tape drive
model

read/write
(C7976A) and

read/write
and write

read only

not supported

not supported

not supported

LTO–6 Ultrium
6250

write

once/read
many

once/read
many
(C7976W)

not supported

read/write
(C7975A) and

read/write
and write

read only

not supported

not supported

LTO–5 Ultrium
3000

write

once/read
many

once/read
many
(C7975W)

not supported

not supported

read/write
(C7974A) and

read/write and
write

read only

not supported

LTO–4 Ultrium
1760

write

once/read
many

once/read
many
(C7974W)

not supported

not supported

not supported

read/write
(C7973A) and

read/write

read only

LTO–3 Ultrium
920

write
once/read
many
(C7973W)

not supported

not supported

not supported

not supported

read/write
(C7972A)

read/write

LTO–2 Ultrium
448

* Capacity assumes 2:1 compression.

** Capacity assumes 2.5:1 compression.

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