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5-18 Troubleshooting
GENERIC ERROR
REPORT
Figure 5-7. A typical Activity Log display
Error messages in the Activity Log are in two parts, for example:
E1014 Failed to format tape TESTTAPE1
Controller failure
The first part of the error message specifies what sort of error occurred; the second part suggests the cause of the error.
IMPORTANT: The causes of errors suggested by the Activity Log may be inaccurate. For example,
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