Knowledgebase: Known compatibility problems > Tape Library
Loading tapes from a mail slot directly into a drive is not supported
Posted by Sven Koester on 05 October 2018 18:07
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P5 does not allow to load a tape directly from a mail slot (I/O slot) into a drive in the library. The front panel interface and the libraries own Web interface of some models however allows to do so. Nevertheless, loading a tape from an I/O slot into a tape drive directly is not supported by P5. The reason is that the library stores internally where the tape came from. When P5 requires another tape in the drive, it will attempt to unload the tape to that stored address, that results in one of the following:
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