Tape Alert Message | Typical Application Client Message | Probable Cause Of Error |
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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. |
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| been a reduction in the performance of the |
| • | Try another piece of media. |
TapeAlert Log Entry: | tape. | This can be caused by bad media |
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8000000000000000 |
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| alternate piece of media, retry the | ||
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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. |
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| 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 |
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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. |
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TapeAlert Log Entry: | data that the drive cannot correct. |
| • | Try another piece of media. |
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2000000000000000 |
| This can be caused by bad media | • | If no errors are encountered with the |
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| alternate piece of media, retry the | |
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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 |
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TapeAlert Log Entry: | again. | severely degraded. | • | Try another piece of media. |
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1000000000000000 |
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| alternate piece of media, retry the |
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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. |
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TapeAlert Log Entry: |
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0800000000000000 |
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| alternate piece of media, retry the | |
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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. |
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TapeAlert Log Entry: |
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0400000000000000 |
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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: |
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0200000000000000 |
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Drive TAflag[08] Not Data | The cartridge is not | The drive has not been able to | Replace the cartridge with a | |
Grade | you write to the tape is at risk. | read the MRS stripes |
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TapeAlert Log Entry: |
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0100000000000000 |
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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. |
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0080000000000000 |
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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 |
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| is complete before ejecting the cartridge. | removal is on. |
| Perform an unlock using the Backup |
TapeAlert Log Entry: |
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0040000000000000 |
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Drive TAflag[11] Cleaning | The tape in the drive is a cleaning cartridge. | Cleaning tape loaded into drive. |
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TapeAlert Log Entry: |
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0020000000000000 |
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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 |
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| Type IV media in a VS160 drive.) |
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TapeAlert Log Entry: |
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0010000000000000 |
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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 |
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TapeAlert Log Entry: |
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0008000000000000 |
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Drive TAflag[14] | The operation has failed because the tape | Tape snapped/cut or other | Discard the old tape. Restart the operation | |
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