T039: Drive Tapealert 12 - Unsupported Format; T040: Drive Tapealert 15 - Mic Chip Failure; T041: Drive Tapealert 16 - Forced Eject - IBM TS3310 Maintenance Information

T039: Drive TapeAlert 12 - Unsupported Format

Description
Detection Scenarios
Root Causes
Possible CRU Replacements
Resolution

T040: Drive TapeAlert 15 - MIC Chip Failure

Description
Detection Scenarios
Root Causes
Possible CRU Replacements
Resolution

T041: Drive TapeAlert 16 - Forced Eject

Description
Detection Scenarios
Root Causes
Possible CRU Replacements
Resolution
GUI Description: The tape cartridge format is incompatible with the drive.
Explanation: System determines that the drive has issued a TapeAlert 12
indicating that the media loaded is an unsupported format. In the case of the
IBM LTO family of drives, full backward read and write compatibility
stopped when LTO 3 was introduced. LTO 3 cannot write in LTO 1 format.
Therefore an LTO 1 tape is an unsupported format when trying to write to it
with an LTO 3 drive.
Tape drive issues a TapeAlert 12 which is recognized by the library during
the continuous four second polling cycle of drive status.
Drive has determined that there is a problem per its internal algorithms.
Tape Cartridge
Perform "DR015: Resolve Unsupported Tape Format" on page 6-66.
GUI Description: The memory in the tape cartridge has failed.
Explanation: System determines that the drive has issued a TapeAlert 15
indicating that MIC (memory in cassette) of the media loaded is not working
properly. The MIC is the memory that is part of the cartridge, also called
LTO CM.
Tape drive issues a TapeAlert 15 which is recognized by the library during
the continuous four second polling cycle of drive status.
Drive has determined that there is a problem per its internal algorithms.
Tape Cartridge
Perform "DR047: Resolve Drive TapeAlert 15 - Cartridge Memory Failure" on
page 6-78
GUI Description: The tape has been ejected from a drive while it was being
read or written.
Explanation: System determines that the drive has issued a TapeAlert 16
indicating that an unload of a drive was triggered while the drive was
actively reading or writing. The source of the unload can be either an
operator initiated manual push button on the drive itself or a GUI initiated
command.
Tape drive issues a TapeAlert 16 which is recognized by the library during
the continuous four second polling cycle of drive status.
Drive has determined that there is a problem per its internal algorithms.
Tape Cartridge
Perform "DR048: Resolve Drive TapeAlert 16 - Forced Eject" on page 6-78.
Chapter 6. Service Action Tickets (Txxx) and Diagnostic Resolutions (DRxxx)
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