Reference Guide

Chapter 4 SCSI Commands
Use of DLTSage WORM Tapes
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Recovery
— The recommended recovery action is to copy all the data
from the problem DLTSage WORM cartridge to a new DLTSage WORM
cartridge.
User Data Write Failures on an DLTSage WORM cartridge
In the event of a write failure in the data area of a DLTSage WORM
cartridge, that cartridge will become unusable for future data append
operations. The tape can no longer be written.
Recovery — The recommended recovery action is to copy all the data
from the problem DLTSage WORM cartridge to a newDLTSage WORM
cartridge.
Loss of Directory or MAM due to Write Failures
In the event that a write failure occurs while updating the Directory and/
or MAM data of a DLTSage WORM cartridge, partial knowledge that the
cartridge is a DLTSage WORM cartridge may be lost. The drive firmware
will be able to detect all cases of this failure mode, write protect the
medium, and allow full recovery of the user data from the tape.
Recovery — The recommended recovery action is to copy all the data
from the problem DLTSage WORM cartridge to a new DLTSage WORM
cartridge.