Dell TL2000 manual TapeAlert Flags Supported by the Drive, Flag Number Description Action Required

TapeAlert Flags Supported by the Drive

Table B-1. TapeAlert Flags Supported by the Ultrium Tape Drive

Flag
Number	Flag	Description	Action Required
3	Hard error	Set for any unrecoverable read, write,	See the Action Required column for
		or positioning error. (This flag is set in	Flag Number 4, 5, or 6 in this table.
		conjunction with flags 4, 5, or 6.)
4	Media	Set for any unrecoverable read, write,	Replace the tape cartridge.
		or positioning error that is due to a
		faulty tape cartridge.
5	Read failure	Set for any unrecoverable read error	If Flag 4 is also set, the cartridge is
		where isolation is uncertain and	defective. Replace the tape
		failure could be due to a faulty tape	cartridge.
		cartridge or to faulty drive hardware.
6	Write failure	Set for any unrecoverable write or	If Flag Number 9 is also set, make
		positioning error where isolation is	sure that the write-protect switch is
		uncertain and failure could be due to	set so that data can be written to
		a faulty tape cartridge or to faulty	the tape (see “Write-Protect Switch”
		drive hardware.	on page 6-5)). If Flag Number 4 is
			also set, the cartridge is defective.
			Replace the tape cartridge.
7	Media life	Set when the tape cartridge reaches its	1. Copy the data to another tape
		end of life (EOL).	cartridge. .
			2. Discard the old (EOL) tape.
8	Not data grade	Set when the cartridge is not	Replace the tape with a data-grade
		data-grade. Any data that you write	tape.
		to the tape is at risk.
9	Write protect	Set when the tape drive detects that	Ensure that the cartridge’s
		the tape cartridge is write-protected.	write-protect switch is set so that
			the tape drive can write data to the
			tape (see “Write-Protect Switch” on
			page 6-5).
10	No removal	Set when the tape drive receives an	Refer to the documentation for your
		UNLOAD command after the server	server’s operating system.
		prevented the tape cartridge from
		being removed.
11	Cleaning media	Set when you load a cleaning	No action required.
		cartridge into the drive.
12	Unsupported format	Set when you load an unsupported	Use a supported tape cartridge.
		cartridge type into the drive or when
		the cartridge format has been
		corrupted.
15	Cartridge memory chip	Set when a cartridge memory (CM)	Replace the tape cartridge.
	failure	failure is detected on the loaded tape
		cartridge.
16	Forced eject	Set when you manually unload the	No action required.
		tape cartridge while the drive was
		reading or writing.
17	Media loaded is	Set when a cartridge marked as read	No action required.
	Read-only format	only is loaded into the drive. The flag
		is cleared when the cartridge is
		ejected.

Appendix B. TapeAlert Flags B-3