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Troubleshooting and Upgrading the Firmware
Table 4: Troubleshooting
There are fatal or
non-fatal errors for
which you cannot find
the cause.
Drive will not read or
write to media.
52
Symptom
The SCSI bus might be
improperly terminated.
The AC power source
may not be properly
grounded (external
drive only).
Media or format not
supported by tape
drive.
Problem
1. If the DLT VS 40/80 GB
2. If the DLT VS 40/80 GB
1. Plug the tape drive power
2. Plug the DLT VS 40/80
1. DLT IV cartridge contains
2. DLT IV cartridge contains
DLT VS 40/80 GB Tape Drive Reference Guide
Solution
tape drive is the last or
only device on the SCSI
bus, make sure the drive is
properly terminated. Make
sure only the last device is
terminated.
tape drive is not the last or
only device on the SCSI
bus, check all SCSI cable
connections and make
sure the last device on the
SCSI bus is terminated.
cable into a power outlet
on the same circuit as the
host server.
GB external tape drive
power cable into a
different power outlet.
data written by a DLT
20/40 drive. Tape drive
cannot overwrite tape with
DLT 20/40 data. You must
degauss the media to be
able to write VS 40/80
formatted data onto tape.
See
Table 3
for media
compatibility.
format that cannot be read
by the VS 40/80 drive.
See
Table 3
for media
compatibility.
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