Dell 124T LTO-3 technical specifications

Tape Alert Message	Typical Application Client Message	Probable Cause Of Error		Recommended Action
		Message
Drive TAflag[01] Read	The tape drive is having problems reading	The drive is having severe	•	Clean the drive
Warning	data. No data has been lost, but there has	trouble reading.
	been a reduction in the performance of the		•	Try another piece of media.
TapeAlert Log Entry:	tape.	This can be caused by bad media		If no errors are encountered with the
			•
8000000000000000		or the drive.
				alternate piece of media, retry the
				original media.
Drive TAflag[02] Write	The tape drive is having problems writing	The drive is having severe	•	Clean the drive
Warning	data. No data has been lost, but there has	trouble writing.
	been a reduction in the capacity of the tape.		•	Try another piece of media.
TapeAlert Log Entry:		This can be caused by bad media	•	If no errors are encountered with the
4000000000000000		or the drive.
				alternate piece of media, retry the
				original media.
Drive TAflag[03] Hard Error	The operation has stopped because an	The drive had a hard read or	•	Clean the drive
	error has occurred while reading or writing	write error.
TapeAlert Log Entry:	data that the drive cannot correct.		•	Try another piece of media.
2000000000000000		This can be caused by bad media	•	If no errors are encountered with the
		or the drive.
				alternate piece of media, retry the
				original media.
Drive TAflag[04] Media	Your data is at risk. Copy any data you	Media can no longer be	•	Clean the drive
	require from this tape. Do not use this tape	written/read, or performance is
TapeAlert Log Entry:	again.	severely degraded.	•	Try another piece of media.
1000000000000000			•	If no errors are encountered with the
				alternate piece of media, retry the
				original media.
Drive TAflag[05] Read	The tape is damaged or the drive is faulty.	The drive can no longer read	•	Clean the drive
Failure		data from the tape.		Try another piece of media.
			•
TapeAlert Log Entry:			•	If no errors are encountered with the
0800000000000000
				alternate piece of media, retry the
				original media.
Drive TAflag[06] Write	The tape is from a faulty batch or the tape	The drive can no longer write	•	Clean the drive
Failure	drive is faulty.	data to the tape.		Try another piece of media.
			•
TapeAlert Log Entry:			•	If no errors are encountered with the
0400000000000000
				alternate piece of media, retry the
				original media.
Drive TAflag[07] Media Life	The tape cartridge has reached the end of	The media has exceeded its	Copy any data you need to another tape.
	its calculated useful life.	specified life.	Discard the old tape.
TapeAlert Log Entry:
0200000000000000
Drive TAflag[08] Not Data	The cartridge is not data-grade. Any data	The drive has not been able to	Replace the cartridge with a data-grade tape.
Grade	you write to the tape is at risk.	read the MRS stripes
TapeAlert Log Entry:
0100000000000000
Drive TAflag[09] Write	You are trying to write to a write protected	Write command is attempted to	Remove the write protection or use another
Protect	cartridge.	a write protected tape.	tape.
TapeAlert Log Entry:
0080000000000000
Drive TAflag[10] No	You cannot eject the cartridge because the	Manual or software unload	•	Check in the RMU if the Software Lock
Removal	tape drive is in use. Wait until the operation	attempted when prevent media		is set.
	is complete before ejecting the cartridge.	removal is on.		Perform an unlock using the Backup
TapeAlert Log Entry:			•
				Application.
0040000000000000
Drive TAflag[11] Cleaning	The tape in the drive is a cleaning cartridge.	Cleaning tape loaded into drive.
Media
TapeAlert Log Entry:
0020000000000000
Drive TAflag[12]	You have attempted to load a cartridge of a	Attempted load of unsupported	Use tape format correct for the drive type.
Unsupported Format	type that is not supported by this drive.	tape format. (e.g., Unformatted
		Type IV media in a VS160 drive.)
TapeAlert Log Entry:
0010000000000000
Drive TAflag[13] Recoverable	The operation has failed because the tape	Tape snapped/cut or other	Discard the old tape. Restart the operation
Mechanical Cartridge Failure	in the drive has experienced a mechanical	cartridge mechanical failure in	with a different tape.
	failure.	the drive where medium can be
TapeAlert Log Entry:		de-mounted.
0008000000000000
Drive TAflag[14]	The operation has failed because the tape	Tape snapped/cut or other	Discard the old tape. Restart the operation