IBM RS/6000 44P manual 140 44P Series Model 170 Users Guide

The time since the drive was last cleaned displays on the screen. In addition, a message indicating whether the drive is recommended to be cleaned is also displayed.

vCopy a tape drive's trace table.

The trace table of the tape drive is written to diskettes or a file. The diskettes must be formatted for DOS. Writing the trace table may require several diskettes, but the actual number of diskettes is determined by the size of the trace table. Label the diskettes as follows:

'TRACE x DAT'

(where x is a sequential diskette number). The complete trace table consists of the sequential concatenation of all the diskette data files.

When the trace table is written to a disk file, the service aid prompts for a file name. The default name is: '/tmp/TRACE x ', where x is the AIX name of the SCSI tape drive being tested.

vDisplay or copy a tape drive's log sense information.

The service aid provides options to display the log sense information to the screen, to copy it to a DOS formatted diskette or to copy it to a file. The file name LOGSENSE.DAT is used when the log sense data is written on the diskette. The service aid prompts for a file name when the log sense data is to be copied to a file.

This service aid can be run directly from the AIX command line. The syntax of the command is as follows (path is /usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/utape):

utape [-h -?] [-d device] [-n -l -t]

OR

utape -c -d device [-v] {-n {-l -t} { -D -f [filename]}}

Flag Description

-cRun the service aid without displaying menus. The return code indicates success or failure. The output is suppressed except for the usage statement and the numeric value for hours since cleaned (if -nand -Dflags are used).

-DCopy data to diskette.

-fCopy data to the filename given after this flag or to a default filename if no name is specified.

-h,-?Display a usage statement and/or return code. If the -cflag is present, only the return code displays to indicate the service aid did not run. If the -cis not used, a usage statement displays and the service aid exits.

-lDisplay or copy log sense information.

-nDisplay time since drive was last cleaned.

-tCopy trace table.

-vVerbose mode. If the -cflag is present, the information displays on the screen. If the -nflag is present, the information about tape-head cleaning is printed.

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