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Chapter 9  Using Data and Cleaning Cartridges

Unloading a Data Cartridge

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Unloading a Data Cartridge

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To unload a data cartridge from your tape drive, follow these steps:

Press the 

button or use your tape backup software to 

unload the data cartridge. The 

 LED blinks while the tape drive 

rewinds the tape.

When the tape drive has rewound the tape, it ejects the data 

cartridge, as shown in 

Figure 25  Unloading a DLTtape 
VS1 Data Cartridge from the 
Tape Drive

Remove the data cartridge from the tape drive.

Return the data cartridge to its plastic storage case to prolong data 

cartridge life.

Remove the data cartridge from your tape drive before 

powering off the tape drive—or the server or workstation 

for an internal tape drive. Leaving a data cartridge in the 

tape drive when power is off can result in data cartridge 

and tape drive damage and may cause data loss because 

the header/catalog data may not be properly written 

before the tape drive loses power.