Action recommended Additional information
media care.
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ensuring a long life for the HP DAT
product.
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Check that the drive has been cleaned
Action recommended Additional information
Insert a cleaning cartridge into the drive and
wait for the clean to take place. The tape is
ejected at the end.
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clean light flashing on DAT
Drives.
Repeat the clean five times in total.
Check for expiry of cleaning tape.
Introduce a regular clean into your backup
strategy.
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ensuring a long life for the HP
DAT product.
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Check you are using a supported configuration
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Check you are using a supported
configuration.
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www.hp.com/go/connect.
Check you are using correct media.
Click here for a DDS media compatibility
matrix.
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Upgrade to latest firmware
Action recommended
Additional
information
Upgrade to latest firmware.
NOTE:
Due to issues in development Library and Tape
Tools cannot be reliably used to diagnose
potential issues with the DAT 40 Hotplug drive
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information on HP
Library and Tape Tools.
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information on being
unable to upgrade
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