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

Flag

Flag

 

 

 

Parameter

Flag

Description

Action Required

Number

(in hex)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34

22h

Download fail

Set when an FMR image is

Ensure that it is the correct

 

 

 

unsuccessfully downloaded to

image. Download the FMR

 

 

 

the tape drive via the SCSI or

image again.

 

 

 

Fibre Channel interface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

36

24h

Drive temperature

Set when the drive’s temperature

See error code 1 in Table 15 on

 

 

 

sensor indicates that the drive’s

page 67.

 

 

 

temperature is exceeding the

 

 

 

 

recommended temperature of the

 

 

 

 

enclosure (see Table 4 on

 

 

 

 

page 11).

 

 

 

 

 

 

37

25h

Drive voltage

Set when the drive detects that

See error code 2 in Table 15 on

 

 

 

the externally supplied voltages

page 67.

 

 

 

are either approaching the

 

 

 

 

specified voltage limits or are

 

 

 

 

outside the voltage limits (see

 

 

 

 

Table 4 on page 11).

 

 

 

 

 

 

39

27h

Diagnostics required

Set when the drive detects a

See error code 6 in Table 15 on

 

 

 

failure that requires diagnostics

page 67.

 

 

 

to isolate the problem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

51

33h

Tape directory invalid

Set when the tape directory on

Rebuild the tape directory by

 

 

at unload

the tape cartridge that was

reading all the data

 

 

 

previously unloaded is corrupted.

 

 

 

 

The file-search performance is

 

 

 

 

degraded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

52

34h

Tape system area

Set when the tape cartridge that

Copy the data to another tape

 

 

write failure

was previously unloaded could

cartridge, then discard the old

 

 

 

not write its system area

cartridge.

 

 

 

successfully.

 

 

 

 

 

 

53

35h

Tape system area

Set when the tape system area

Copy the data to another tape

 

 

read failure

could not be read successfully at

cartridge, then discard the old

 

 

 

load time.

cartridge.

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix B. TapeAlert Flags 99

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