Diagnostic Tests

Note

Additional diagnostics are available from HP Library & Tape

 

Tools (see HP Library & Tape Tools on page 146 for more

 

information). Also, for troubleshooting information specific to

 

your drive technology, see Drives and Media on page 143.

 

 

All Diagnostic tests except for Clean Drive require the tape library and associated drive to be inactive. The Main Diagnostics Menu (see Figure 13 on page 49) lets you perform the following tests:

■DRIVE DIAGNOSTICS:

—CLEAN DRIVE. Enables you to clean tape drives.

—MOUNT. Loads test tapes to a drive.

—DISMOUNT. Unloads test tapes from a drive.

—RUN DRIVE CHECK. Determines that the drive is in working order.

—MOUNT/DISMOUNT LOOP. Loads and unloads test tapes from a drive. You may designate the number of times the tape library goes through the loop.

Note

HP does not recommend looping tests excessively.

 

 

■GET-PUT LOOP. Gets a diagnostic tape and returns it to the same location. You may designate the number of times the tape library goes through the loop.

■DEMO MODE. Simulates tape library operation.

For more information on using these tests, see Running Diagnostic Tests on page 115.

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