Users Guide

Appendix B TapeAlert Flag Descriptions
Dell PowerVault ML6000 User’s Guide PX
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** Media Recognition System (MRS) is a method where pre-defined stripes are placed at the beginning of the
media to identify the media. The MRS stripes are read to determine if the media is of data-grade. Data-grade
media should be used in SCSI streaming devices since it is of the required quality and consistency to be used
to store data (i.e., audio/video grade media should not be used).
60 WORM
medium —
overwrite
attempted
W An attempt had been made to overwrite
user data on a WORM medium:
1 If a WORM medium was used
inadvertently, replace it with a
normal data medium.
2 If a WORM medium was used
intentionally:
a) Check that the software
application is compatible with the
WORM medium format you are
using.
b) Check that the medium is bar-
coded correctly for WORM.
The application
software does not
recognize the
medium as WORM.
61 –
64
Reserved
No. Flag Severity
Recommended Application Client
Message Probable Cause