IBM RS/6000 manual Utilities Service Aid, Service Hints Service Aid, Tape

Notes:
Ÿ A	check condition can be returned when there is nothing wrong
or	device.

ŸAIX does not allow the command to be sent if the device is process.

SCSI	Tape	Utilities Service Aid
This	service		aid	provides	a	means	to obtain	the	status or	maintena
from	a	SCSI	tape	drive.	Only	some	models of	SCSI	tape drive	are s

The service aid provides the following options:

Ÿ Display time since a tape drive was last cleaned.

The	time	since the	drive was	last	cleaned is displayed on the
a	message	whether	the drive	should	be cleaned also displays.

ŸCopy a tape drive's trace table.

The	trace table		of the tape drive is		written		to	diskettes. Th
must		be formatted	for DOS. Writing	the	trace	table		may require
The	actual number of required diskettes				will	be	determined		by
based on the size of the trace				table. The		names		of the	data
lowing		format:

'TRACE<X>.DAT' where 'X' is a sequential diskette number. The co table consists of the sequential concatenation of all the diskett

Ÿ Display or copy a tape drive's log sense information.

This service aid provides options to display the log sense infor screen, to copy it to a DOS formatted diskette, or copy it t

LOGSENSE.DATis used when the log sense data is written on a service aid prompts for a file name when the log sense data i

Service Hints Service Aid

This service aid reads and displays the information in the CEREADME

diagnostics			source (diskettes,		disk,	or CD-ROM). This file contains inf
is not		in	the	publications for	this	version of the diagnostics. It
tion	about		using this particular		version of diagnostics.
Use	the		Enter key to page forward			through the information or the
keys	to	page		backward through	the	file.

Chapter 7. Using the Service7-21Aids