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Table 5 Cartridge parameters (continued)

This is a check box that allows you to enable (checked) and disable (unchecked) write

protection, see below.

Write Protected:

This drop-down list is displayed in Edit mode and allows you to move the cartridge to an

empty (blank) slot, mail slot or tape drive.

Move Cartridge:

This tells you when the cartridge was last written to and is useful when identifying data for

copying or exporting.

Last Written:

Empty slots

Empty slots are slots that contain no cartridges; all the fields are empty.

• Tape drive row: A library consists of two devices; a tape drive and changer device. This

location refers to the tape drive element of the library. It is normally only populated when the

backup application on the host is writing to or reading from the library.

• Mail slot row: This location refers to the slot that is used for importing and exporting data to

a physically attached tape drive. It is not used with G2 products.

• Numbered slot row: This slot is empty after a Delete operation or after the backup application

has moved data to the mail slot for export.

Once a numbered slot is empty, the Create button may be used to create a new, blank cartridge.

See (page 20).

To delete a cartridge

If the Used Size of a cartridge is Blank, you will be able to remove it.

Click on the Delete button. There is a new right-hand column, Delete Cartridge.

You can select individual slots by clicking in the appropriate checkboxes. When you have selected

the slots where cartridges should be deleted, click Delete. If the Used Size is not Blank, you can

still remove it but only space that is occupied by unique data will be freed up.

Alternatively, click Delete All to delete all the cartridges in the library.

NOTE: You can also delete cartridges by reducing the number of slots on the Devices page, but

this will only remove the highest blank slots. Once the Delete operation reaches a slot number that

contains data, it will not allow you to reduce the number further on the Details page, even if earlier

slots are blank. You must first use the Cartridges tab to make the slot blank.

To write protect a cartridge

Click Edit for the appropriate cartridge. Check the Write Protected check box for the cartridge.

Your backup application will not be able to write any more data to it.

To edit maximum cartridge size

The only times you can resize cartridges are when you first create a library or when you add

cartridges and they are blank. Once the cartridges are made available to the backup application,

it formats them ready for use and they are no longer blank, even if you have not yet written data

to them. Similarly, the erase function on most backup applications does not return the cartridge to

a completely blank state.

The Max Size defaults to the appropriate capacity for the drive emulation type selected on the

Devices tab, but if the Used Size is Blank, you can edit this value. The maximum value allowed is

3200 GB.

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