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9x40/T10000 - Identifying Expired Data Cartridges (Doc ID 1019591.1)

Last updated on MARCH 17, 2025

Applies to:

Sun StorageTek 9940 Tape Drive - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun StorageTek T10000B Tape Drive - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun StorageTek 9840 Tape Drive - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun StorageTek 9840B Tape Drive - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun StorageTek 9840D Tape Drive - Version Not Applicable and later
All Platforms
Archived KB Doc ID 1019591.1 and point it to KB Doc ID 2029570.1.

Goal

Identifying and Retiring Old Data Cartridges.

When tape cartridges exceed their design life, the media can wear thin, and mechanical parts, like the cartridge’s gate, can wear out.  When cartridges reach the end of their engineered life, customers should consider migrating the data on them to new cartridges and retiring the old cartridges.  This avoids the slight risk of either mechanical cartridge components failing or the data being unreadable.

Solution

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