IBM 4690 manual W680 W680 STREAMING TAPE DRIVE IS

E035, E054, E055, E056, E057, E124, E126, E127, E128, E129, E130, E134, E139, E142, E143, E158, E176

±These errors normally indicate a tape drive hardware problem. Contact your IBM Service representative.

E058, E059, E060, E061, E062, E063, E064, E065, E066, E067, E068, E069, E086, E087, E088, E089, E090, E107, E108, E114, E115, E118, E125, E131, E132, E133, E135, E136, E155, E156, E160, E161, E171, E172

±These errors normally indicate a tape drive software problem. Contact your IBM Software Support representative.

E070, E071, E072, E073, E074, E075, E116, E117, E144, E147 ± These errors normally indicate a user problem caused by attempting to write to a tape that has been write protected. Remove write protection before retrying.

E077, E078, E079, E080, E081, E082, E154 ± These errors normally indicate a temporary condition caused by a power line disturbance. It could also indicate a hardware problem. If there was a power line disturbance, retry to operation. If it is known that there was no power line disturbance, check connections. If the error still persists, contact your IBM Service representative.

E101, E102, E103, E104, E105, E106 ± These errors normally indicate a tape drive enclosure hardware problem. Check connections to the enclosure. If the error still persists, contact your IBM Service representative.

E157 ± This error indicates that an undocumented vendor-unique status was received.

E159, E162, E164 ± These errors normally indicate an attempt to use a tape drive that is not supported or an attempt to use a supported tape drive on a Store Controller that does not support the speci®c model of tape drive. Check for compatibility between the tape drive model and the Store Controller model.

E163, E165 ± These errors normally indicate a problem with the ABIOS. Check to see if you have the latest ABIOS patches and make sure your Store Controller is supported. Contact the IBM Support Center.

System Action: Logged as B4/S056/Exxx by the Streaming Tape Drive Utility. Refer to the IBM 4690 OS

V2: Messages Guide for more information.

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TOO HOT B4/S055/E038

Severity: 4

Explanation: The tape drive detected that it is too hot.

User Response: Check to see if the fan on the Store Controller is working and the vents are not blocked.

System Action: Logged as B4/S055/E038 by the streaming tape drive device driver. Refer to the IBM 4690 OS V2: Messages Guide for more information.

W681 W681 STREAMING TAPE DRIVE NEEDS CLEANING B4/S055/E018

Severity: 4

Explanation: The tape drive detected that it needs cleaning.

User Response: Clean the drive using the proper cleaning kit.

System Action: Logged as B4/S055/E018 by the streaming tape drive device driver. Refer to the IBM 4690 OS V2: Messages Guide for more information.

W682 W682 STREAMING TAPE DRIVE FAILURE PREDICTED B4/S055/Exxx

Severity: 4

Explanation: The attempted streaming tape drive operation was performed successfully, but the tape drive detected a potential problem.

The event (Exxx) in the message indicates the following:

E037 ± Potential problem is unspeci®ed.

E039 ± The tape drive detected that the enclosure is degraded.

E153 ± Failure prediction threshold exceeded.

System Action: Logged as B4/S055/Exxx by the streaming tape drive device driver. Refer to the IBM 4690 OS V2: Messages Guide for more information.

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