Users Guide

TapeAlert flags supported by the drive
Flag
Numb
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Flag Name Hex
Cod
e
Description Action Required Event
1 Read warning 01h Set when the tape drive is having
problems reading data. No data
is lost, but there is a reduction in
the performance of the tape.
Isolate the fault between drive
and tape by following these
steps:
• Use a known good tape
cartridge in the suspect drive.
If the drive fails, contact your
Service Representative.
• Use the suspect tape cartridge
in a known good drive. If the
test fails, discard the cartridge.
Warning
Event
2 Write warning 02h Set when the tape drive is having
problems writing data. No data is
lost, but there is a reduction in
the performance of the tape.
Isolate the fault between drive
and tape by following these
steps:
• Use a known good tape
cartridge in the suspect drive.
If the drive fails, contact your
service representative.
• Use the suspect tape cartridge
in a known good drive. If the
test fails, discard the cartridge.
Warning
Event
3 Hard error 03h Set for any unrecoverable read,
write, or positioning error. (This
flag is set with flags 4, 5, or 6).
See the Action Required column
for Flag Number 4, 5, or 6 in this
table.
Ensure that tape drive rmware
is at the latest version. See
“Minimum rmware levels for
common library features” on
page iii.
Warning
Event
4 Media 04h Set for any unrecoverable read,
write, or positioning error that is
due to a faulty tape cartridge.
Replace the tape cartridge. Warning
Event
5 Read failure 05h Set for any unrecoverable read
error where isolation is uncertain
and failure might be due to a
faulty tape cartridge or to faulty
drive hardware.
If Flag Number 4 is also set, the
cartridge is defective. Replace
the tape cartridge. If Flag
Number 4 is not set, see Error
Code 6 in “Drive Error Codes:
Single-character display (SCD)”
on page 111.
Warning
Event
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