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Retension Tapes

The Retension option helps to ensure that tapes are tensioned properly to avoid errors, jamming, or breaking. You should retension media if you are having trouble writing to it or reading from it.

Note: This feature applies only to quarter inch cartridge tapes.

To retension tapes

1. Insert the tape into a storage device.
2. Select that tape.

   In the left pane of the Device Manager, expand the tree under the storage device containing the tape.

   Then highlight the tape.

   Click the Retension on the toolbar.

   Click OK.

   Arcserve Backup retensions the tape.