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3. Press and hold the Unload button for 3 or more seconds, then release it to
select the function. The drive performs the dump. The SCD shows
goes blank, and the drive exits Maintenance mode. To access the contents of the
dump, see "Function code 5: Copy drive dump."
Note: You can also force a drive dump when the tape drive is in normal
operating mode. Simply press and hold the Unload button for ten
seconds. This causes the drive to reboot.
Function code 5: Copy drive dump
Function code
the beginning of a scratch (blank) data cartridge.
Attention: For this function, insert only a scratch (blank) data cartridge or a
cartridge that can be overwritten. During the test, the drive overwrites the data on
the cartridge.
Note: If you inserted an invalid tape cartridge (for example, Gen 2 or WORM
media), error code
write-protected cartridge, or the media has read-only compatibility (for
example, Gen 3 media), error code
the tape drive unloads the cartridge and exits Maintenance mode after the
cartridge is removed.
To execute Function code 5: Copy drive dump, complete the following steps:
1. Put the drive in Maintenance mode. (For instructions, see "Entering
Maintenance mode" on page 25.) Index through the Maintenance mode options
5
until
2. Press and hold the Unload button for 3 seconds to select Function code 5. After
selecting Function code 5, the SCD will display option
Unload button within 5 seconds to make a different selection. If no other
selection is made, the drive will perform option
3. Press the Unload button once per second to cycle through the following
functions:
1
5
v
-
5
8
v
-
5
3
v
-
5
0
v
-
If you cycle past the desired code, press the Unload button once per second
until the code reappears.
4. Press and hold the Unload button for 3 or more seconds, then release it to
select one of the above functions.
5
copies data from a drive dump (captured in Function code 4) to
J
7
or
appears in the SCD. If you inserted a
is displayed on the SCD.
: copy dump to tape; clears RAM dump
: copy dump to flash memory; clears RAM dump
: erase flash memory
: no function
P
appears in the SCD. In either case,
1
5
-
1
5
.
-
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0
, then
. Press the
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