Table of Contents
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List of Tables
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List of Figures
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Introduction
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Dell PowerVault 110T LTO Drives and Media
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4.1
Drive Types and Basic Characteristics – Dell LTO-1 Drives
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4.2
Drive Types and Basic Characteristics – Dell LTO-2 and LTO-2-L Drives
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4.3
Drive Types and Basic Characteristics – Dell LTO-3 Drives
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4.4
Media types used in Dell PowerVault 110T LTO drives
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4.5
Media Color Schemes
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Invalid Media Symptoms
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Cartridge Memory (CM)
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Migrating LTO media
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WORM Media
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Cleaning
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9.1
Label designations on LTO cleaning media
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9.2
Cleaning media usage and drive cleaning lights
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9.3
Expired Cleaning Tape Characteristics
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Stuck Tapes
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Diagnostics
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11.1
Troubleshooting Cleaning/Read/Write errors
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11.2
Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics
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11.3
Drives with internal self test features
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Erasing a prewritten LTO Tape
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Media Handling
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13.1
Media description
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13.2
Perform a Thorough Inspection
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13.3
Handle the Cartridge Carefully
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13.4
Ensure Proper Packaging if shipping tapes
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13.5
Cartridge Storage Conditions
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13.6
Cartridge life
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13.7
Media Do’s and Do Not’s
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Dell LTO Media Handbook
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