Drive Operations Menu
Menu System 4-23
A cartridge, if present, unloads when this function is activated.
Information in the MIR about old data files on a tape being reformatted is erased.
If Make Data Tape Fails, and
CHK xxxx
appears, try a different data cartridge.
Procedure:
1. Press Menu to bypass or press Select to activate.
2. When
Ld Data Tp
appears, insert a write-enabled data cartridge.
MakeDataTp
appears in the drive display.
3. After the reformatted data tape unloads, remove the data cartridge.
4. Insert another write-enabled data cartridge, or press Menu to exit the reclaim tape
submenu.
Build Media Information Region Submenu
Operator panel window shows
Build MIR
.
T10000 tape drives use information recorded on a data cartridge at the beginning of
tape,
in an area known as the Media Information Region (MIR), to access and manage
data files while the data cartridge is loaded in the drive.
Procedure:
1. Press Menu to bypass or press Select to activate.
Caution: Make sure the drive is unloaded before you activate
Build MIR.
2. When
Ld Cust Tp
appears, insert the write-enabled data cartridge with an invalid
MIR.
Rebuild MIR
flashes on the operator panel while the MIR is rebuilding.
Note: After the MIR is rebuilt, the cartridge unloads.
3. Remove the data cartridge.
4. Insert another write-enabled data cartridge requiring a MIR rebuild; or, press
Menu to exit the build MIR submenu.
Exit Drive Submenu
Operator panel window shows
Exit Drv ?
This submenu offers the choice to either repeat the drive operations submenus or
advance to the next menu.
Procedure:
■ Do one of the following actions:
– Press Menu (No) to loop back to the Code Update Submenu.
– Press Select (Yes) to exit Drive Operations and advance to the Firmware
Release menu.