TapeAlert Flags Supported by the IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 2 Tape Drive

Flag

Flag

 

 

 

Parameter

Flag

Description

Action Required

Number

(in hex)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

0Bh

Cleaning media

Set when you load a cleaning

No action required.

 

 

 

cartridge into the drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

0Ch

Unsupported format

Set when you load an

Use a supported tape cartridge.

 

 

 

unsupported cartridge type into

 

 

 

 

the drive or when the cartridge

 

 

 

 

format has been corrupted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

0Fh

Cartridge memory

Set when a cartridge memory

Replace the cartridge. If this

 

 

chip failure

(CM) failure is detected on the

error occurs on multiple tapes,

 

 

 

loaded tape cartridge.

see error code 6 in Table 15 on

 

 

 

 

page 67.

 

 

 

 

 

16

10h

Forced eject

Set when you manually unload

No action required.

 

 

 

the tape cartridge while the drive

 

 

 

 

was reading or writing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

12h

Tape directory

Set when the drive detects that

Re-read all data from the tape to

 

 

corrupted in the

the tape directory in the cartridge

rebuild the tape directory.

 

 

cartridge memory

memory has been corrupted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

14h

Clean now

Set when the tape drive detects

Clean the tape drive. See

 

 

 

that it needs cleaning.

“Cleaning the Drive Head” on

 

 

 

 

page 35.

 

 

 

 

 

21

15h

Clean periodic

Set when the drive detects that it

Clean the tape drive as soon as

 

 

 

needs routine cleaning.

possible. The drive can continue

 

 

 

 

to operate, but you should clean

 

 

 

 

the drive soon. See “Cleaning

 

 

 

 

the Drive Head” on page 35.

 

 

 

 

 

22

16h

Expired clean

Set when the tape drive detects

Replace the cleaning cartridge.

 

 

 

a cleaning cartridge that has

 

 

 

 

expired.

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

17h

Invalid cleaning tape

Set when the drive expects a

Use a valid cleaning cartridge.

 

 

 

cleaning cartridge and the loaded

 

 

 

 

cartridge is not a cleaning

 

 

 

 

cartridge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

1Eh

Hardware A

Set when a hardware failure

If resetting the drive does not

 

 

 

occurs which requires that you

recover the error, use the error

 

 

 

reset the tape drive to recover.

code from the single-character

 

 

 

 

display, library user interface, or

 

 

 

 

SCSI drive sense data. See

 

 

 

 

Table 15 on page 67.

 

 

 

 

 

31

1Fh

Hardware B

Set when the tape drive fails its

Use the error code on the

 

 

 

internal self tests.

single-character display, library

 

 

 

 

user interface, or SCSI drive

 

 

 

 

sense data. See Table 15 on

 

 

 

 

page 67.

 

 

 

 

 

32

20h

Interface

Set when the tape drive detects

Locate error code 8 or 9 in

 

 

 

a problem with the SCSI, Fibre

Table 15 on page 67.

 

 

 

Channel, or LDI (RS-422)

 

 

 

 

interface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

33

21h

Eject media

Set when a failure occurs that

Unload and reload the tape

 

 

 

requires you to unload the

cartridge.

 

 

 

cartridge from the drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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