Sony SDX-800V manual END-OF-PARTITION / Medium Detected, Append Position Error, Cleaning Failure

REQUEST SENSE 6.Command Specification

03h			MEDIUM ERROR. Indicates that the current command or a previously acknowledged
			write-type operation terminated with a non-recovered error condition that was probably
			caused by a flaw in the medium, an error in the recorded data or the cleanliness of the
			head. This sense key may also be returned if the drive is unable to distinguish between
			a flaw in the medium and a specific hardware failure (sense key 4h). This condition is
			also marked by the Valid bit being set, indicating that the information bytes contain
			residue information.
00		02	END-OF-PARTITION / MEDIUM DETECTED
	0C	00	WRITE ERROR – The Read-After-Write Retry limit was exceeded during Write.
			Probably caused by a flaw in the media.

1100 UNRECOVERED READ ERROR - C1, C2 & C3 Error Correction could not correct a Read Error. Probably caused by a flaw in the media.

1108 INCOMPLETE BLOCK READ - The drive could not read the AITFormat Group containing the requested block. Could be caused by head clogging or media damage.

1403 END-OF-DATA NOT FOUND – While Reading a AIT format tape, the drive encountered blank (unformatted) media during a Read operation. This error could be caused by serious head clogging.

15	02	POSITIONING ERROR DETECTED BY READ OF MEDIUM - Cannot find destination
		Group during Space operation.
27	04	APPEND POSITION ERROR

3000 INCOMPATIBLE MEDIUM INSTALLED - Format violation. Possible that the Sub-Area cannot be read.

30	02	CANNOT READ MEDIUM, INCOMPATIBLE FORMAT - Format violation,
		non-AIT-3Ex Format.
30	07	CLEANING FAILURE
31	00	MEDIUM FORMAT CORRUPTED - AIT format Group GIT, BAT, or Sub-Codes do not
		match or are improper.

3300 TAPE LENGTH ERROR - Attempting to select partition 1 on a single tape. Requested partition size in MODE SELECT -

		Medium Partitions Parameter page is too large (exceeds tape length) or too small (0<
		requested partition size in frames < 2541).
3B	08	REPOSITION ERROR - Position lost during Read, Verify, Write, Space, Locate, Seek
		or Select Partition operation.
50	00	WRITE APPEND ERROR - Cannot find the last frame of the Group and therefore,
		cannot append.
52	00	CARTRIDGE FAULT
70	NN	DECOMPRESSION EXCEPTION SHORT ALGORITHM ID OF NN - ALGORITHM ID
		<= 255
83	03	MIC Checksum Error

SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-91