To view more information about the partial availability error, you can access the log by following this menu path:

Main Menu -> Information -> Library Information -> Library Status

The partial availability state is caused by one of the conditions listed in Table

18on page 121. The condition will be displayed on the library front panel or the RMC Web-Based Library Administrator pages

.

Table 18

Partial Availability Conditions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Library Status

Cause

 

Solution

 

 

 

 

Drives

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drive not present

The library could not detect all the

If a drive is present in the library:

 

expected drive modules.

Power off the library.

 

Note: This typically occurs because

 

Reseat the drive module.

 

a drive was physically removed

 

 

Power on the library.

 

from the library. This may also

 

occur for a brief time during an

Contact your service

 

online drive repair. This condition

 

representative.

 

will persist over a power cycle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drive offline

Drive taken offline because of the

Verify that the drive is online. If

 

following:

 

not, put drive back online from the

 

Taken offline from front panel,

 

front panel.

 

 

 

 

host computer, or library

Power cycle the library.

 

controller.

Verify cabling and termination.

 

Drive(s) failed power-on test.

 

Verify that the drive is seated

 

 

 

Drive module board failed

 

properly.

 

power-on test.

Check the error log from the front

 

 

 

Failed serial communication to

 

panel or RMC Web-Based Library

 

drive.

 

Administrator pages for possible

 

Failed to load/unload tape.

 

causes.

 

 

Contact your service

 

 

 

 

 

representative.

 

 

 

 

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Understanding Error States 121

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