Scsd Tape Drive Service Aid - IBM H80 User Manual

After the address is selected, the SCSI Bus Test Run menu displays. Use this menu to
transmit the SCSI Inquiry Command by pressing Enter. The service aid then indicates
the status of the transmission. When the transmission is completed, the results of the
transmission displays.
Notes:
1. A Check Condition can be returned when the bus or device is working correctly.
2. AIX does not allow the command to be sent if the device is in use by another
process.

SCSD Tape Drive Service Aid

This service aid allows you to obtain the status or maintenance information from a
SCSD tape drive. Not all models of SCSI tape drive are supported.
The service aid provides the following options:
v Display time since a tape drive was last cleaned.
The time since the drive was last cleaned displays on the screen, as well as a
message indicating whether the drive is recommended to be cleaned.
v Copy a tape drive's trace table.
The trace table of the tape drive is written to diskettes or a file. The diskettes must
be formatted for DOS. Writing the trace table may require several diskettes. The
actual number of diskettes is determined by the size of the trace table. Label the
diskettes as follows:
v TRACE[ x ].DAT
Where x is a sequential diskette number). The complete trace table consists of the
sequential concatenation of all the diskette data files.
When the trace table is written to a disk file, the service aid prompts for a file name.
The default name is: /tmp/TRACE. x , where x is the AIX name of the SCSD tape
drive being tested.
v Display or copy a tape drive's log sense information.
The service aid provides options to display the log sense information to the screen,
to copy it to a DOS formatted diskette, or to copy it to a file. The file name
LOGSENSE.DAT is used when the log sense data is written to the diskette. The
service aid prompts for a file name when you have selected that the log sense data
is to be copied to a file.
This service aid can be run directly from the AIX command line. See the following
usage command syntax (path is /usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/utape): utape [-h | -?]
[-d device ][-n | -l | -t] OR utape -c -d device [-v] {-n | {-l | -t} { -D | -f
[ filename ]}}
Flag
-c
-D
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Description
Run the service aid without displaying menus. The return code indicates
success or failure. The output is suppressed except for the usage statement
and the numeric value for hours since cleaning (if -n and -D flags are used).
Copy data to diskette.