Flag

Type

Set

Recommended Host Message

Cause

10

No removal

I



You cannot eject the cartridge

A manual or software

 

 

 

 

because the tape drive is in use.

unload was attempted when

 

 

 

 

Wait until the operation is complete

Prevent Medium Removal

 

 

 

 

was in force.

 

 

 

 

before ejecting the cartridge.

 

11

Cleaning media

I



The tape in the drive is a cleaning

A cleaning cartridge is

 

 

 

 

cartridge.

loaded in the drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

Unsupported

I



You have tried to load a cartridge of

Attempted load of an

 

format

 

 

a type that is not supported by this

unsupported tape format.

 

 

 

 

drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

Recoverable

C



The operation has failed because the

The tape has snapped or

 

mechanical

 

 

tape in the drive has experienced a

suffered some other

 

cartridge failure

 

 

mechanical failure:

mechanical failure in the

 

 

 

 

1. Discard the old tape.

drive, but the tape can still

 

 

 

 

be ejected.

 

 

 

 

2. Restart the operation with a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

different tape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

Unrecoverable

C

 

The operation has failed because the

The tape has snapped or

 

mechanical

 

 

tape in the drive has experienced a

suffered some other

 

cartridge failure

 

 

mechanical failure:

mechanical failure in the

 

 

 

 

1. Do not attempt to extract the tape

drive and the tape cannot

 

 

 

 

be ejected.

 

 

 

 

cartridge.

 

 

 

 

 

2. Call the tape drive supplier’s

 

 

 

 

 

helpline.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

Memory chip in

W



The memory in the tape cartridge has

The LTO-CM chip has failed

 

cartridge failure

 

 

failed, which reduces performance.

in cartridge.

 

 

 

 

Do not use the cartridge for further

 

 

 

 

 

write operations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

Forced eject

C



The operation has failed because the

A manual or forced eject

 

 

 

 

tape cartridge was manually

occurred while the drive was

 

 

 

 

de-mounted while the tape drive was

writing or reading.

 

 

 

 

actively writing or reading.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

Read-only

C

 

You have loaded a cartridge of a

A write command has been

 

format

 

 

type that is read-only in this drive.

attempted to a tape whose

 

 

 

 

The cartridge will appear as

format is read-only in this

 

 

 

 

write-protected.

drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

Tape directory

W



The tape directory on the cartridge

The drive was powered

 

corrupted on

 

 

has been corrupted. File search

down with a tape loaded, or

 

load

 

 

performance will be degraded. The

a permanent error prevented

 

 

 

 

tape directory can be rebuilt by

the tape directory being

 

 

 

 

reading all the data on the cartridge.

updated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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