Code

Description

Explanation

2A 04h

Reservations released

The original persistent reservation has been replaced with

 

 

another of a different type or removed completely.

2A 05h

Registrations pre-empted

A PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT command was executed and

 

 

all registrations removed.

2C 00h

Command sequence invalid

The use of the echo buffer was invalid. A WRITE BUFFER

 

 

command is necessary before a READ BUFFER command.

30 00h

Incompatible medium installed

A write-type operation could not be executed because it is

 

 

not supported on the type of tape that is loaded.

30 01h

Unknown format

An operation could not be carried out because the tape in

 

 

the drive is of a format not supported by the drive.

30 02h

Cannot read media: incompatible

An operation could not be completed because the logical

 

format

format is not correct.

30 03h

Cleaning cartridge installed

An operation could not be carried out because the tape in

 

 

the drive is a cleaning cartridge.

30 04h

Cannot write medium

An attempt was made to write to a cartridge that has

 

 

Cartridge Memory errors.

30 05h

Cannot write medium, incompatible For example, the drive tried to write to a tape of an

 

format

incompatible generation.

30 07h

Cleaning failure

A cleaning operation was attempted but could not be

 

 

completed for some reason.

30 0Ch

WORM—overwrite attempted

A write operation could not be executed because an

 

 

overwrite has been attempted on a WORM cartridge. This

 

 

may be because an overwrite backup was specified

 

 

instead of an appended backup.

30 0Dh

WORM medium—integrity check

The drive has detected an inconsistency when performing

 

failed

an integrity check on a WORM cartridge. The cartridge

 

 

may have been tampered with.

31 00h

Medium format corrupted

Data could not be read because the format on tape is not

 

 

valid, although it is in a known format.

35 01h

Unsupported enclosure function

The drive cannot respond to this Enclosure Services

 

 

request.

35 02h

Enclosure services unavailable

No compatible enclosure hardware has been detected by

 

 

the drive.

37 00h

Rounded parameter

A Mode Select command parameter has been rounded

 

 

because the drive cannot store it with the accuracy of the

 

 

command.

3A 00h

Medium not present

A media-access command has been received when there

 

 

is no tape loaded.

3A 04h

Medium not present, Media

A media access command has been received when the

 

Auxiliary Memory accessible

tape has been loaded but not threaded. This will be

 

 

reported if the hold bit of the LOAD CDB was set or the

 

 

Autoload field in the Control mode page is non zero.

3B 00h

Sequential positioning error

A command has failed and left the logical position at an

 

 

unexpected location.

3B 0Ch

Position past BOM

A SET CAPACITY command was received when the logical

 

 

position was not BOT, a necessary condition for this

 

 

command.

3D 00h

Invalid bits in Identify message

An illegal Identify message has been received by the drive

 

 

at the start of a command.

REQUEST SENSE 03h 161

Commands