mLogic mTape Thunderbolt LTO 6, Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...mTape ThunderboltTM LTO...

Page 2: ...marks may be mentioned in this manual which are the property of other companies 1 You are now the proud owner of the world s first certified Thunderbolt LTO tape drive mTape revolutionizes LTO empower...

Page 3: ...macOS 10 10 x or above with a Thunderbolt port and a Thunderbolt cable included 2 Compatible tape backup archive software Note If running a system with Thunderbolt 3 it is necessary to use the Apple...

Page 4: ...3 Ready light green 4 Encryption key 5 Fault light amber 7 SCD dot 6 Single character display SCD 1 Thunderbolt ports 2 SAS port to attach SAS device 3 On Off switch Note On Off Switch powers on the L...

Page 5: ...Unpack your mTape 4...

Page 6: ...sleep mode to ensure your Mac does not go to sleep when archiving content macOS systems can corrupt an LTO tape cartridge if the system goes to sleep or hibernates while an offload is in process To tu...

Page 7: ...off 1 Connect the included Thunderbolt cable to your computer and the other end of the cable to one of the Thunderbolt ports located on the rear of mTape 2 Attach the power plug to the power jack on...

Page 8: ...When POST finishes the SCD will momentarily light all segmented characters and will then go blank POST takes approximately 12 seconds Note If mTape is powered on with a tape cartridge installed the sy...

Page 9: ...by your system 1 Under System Information verify mTape is displayed under Thunderbolt setting If mTape is not displayed check your Thunderbolt cable You may need to unplug and replug the cable for you...

Page 10: ...SAS setting If the Ultrium HH is not displayed make sure you have powered on mTape and the green Ready Light is on If you have issues with mTape being recognized by your system please contact support...

Page 11: ...application that you are running to unload the LTO tape cartridge This ensures that the application has finished writing data to the tape before the cartridge is unloaded 1 2 During the unload proces...

Page 12: ...hard disk We recommend the applications listed below to assist with the backup archive process In addition to creating searchable indexes and verifying archives these applications optimize how data i...

Page 13: ...n multiple mTape units using Thunderbolt ports 12 Cleaning the LTO Tape Drive mTape will alert you when it becomes necessary to clean the LTO tape drive The SCD will display a C to indicate that clean...

Page 14: ...read write to the current and previous LTO generation and read two generations back LTO Tape Cartridges 2500GB Ultrium6 1500GB Ultrium5 LTO 6 Read Write Read Write LTO 7 Read Write 6000GB Ultrium7 Rea...

Page 15: ...m a D E L t l u a F n e e r g D E L y d a e R D C S e d o M f f O n O k n a l B l a n o i t a r e p O Activity tape movement in Operational mode f f O g n i h s a l F k n a l B g n i h s a l F f f O...

Page 16: ...d Displaying an error code Flashing green once per second Off Off Off Off On or off Off Off Off Off Off On or off Off Off Off Off Off On or off Off Off Off If the drive contains a cartridge when the d...

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Page 18: ...te the code on the SCD then go to Appendix C Flashing amber Off Displaying The drive needs to be cleaned Flashing amber twice per second The drive detected an error and is performing firmware recovery...

Page 19: ...Error Code Cause and Action Temperature problem The tape drive detected that the recommended operating temperature was exceeded Complete one or more of these actions Ensure that the cooling fan is ro...

Page 20: ...type Ultrium 1 2 3 and 4 cartridges are not supported in mTape LTO 7 models Ultrium 1 2 and 3 cartridges are not supported in mTape LTO 6 models Drive does not accept an expired Cleaning Cartridge Med...

Page 21: ...rive See Cleaning Cartridge on page 12 Write operation to a write protected cartridge was attempted includes any attempt to overwrite a WORM protected tape Ensure that the tape cartridge is the correc...

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