Regardless of what the ownership status of your tape is, you have to register it with the OIT Tape Library . This process takes place at the OIT dispatch window , which doubles as a printout pick-up location. You'll see it on your right after entering A.V. Williams from the south entrance. Tapes not belonging to OIT are referred to as P-tapes . P-tapes must be registered with the Tape Library in order to be mounted and used.
Registration involves taking the tape to the Tape Library and filling out an orange tape save card .
Tapes not belonging to OIT are referred to as P-tapes . Tapes purchased from OIT are considered P-tapes. It has been OIT tape policy iin the past that any tape that is not used in a 3-month period is considered unwanted . When you try to mount an archived tape, a message is displayed to that effect, and the mount request is rejected. All data are permanently lost.