Media Tests - Quantum scalar i500 User Manual

Media Tests

Scalar i500 User's Guide
After the reset operation completes, the tape drive is rebooted and
reconfigured. This takes about 60 seconds. Wait 60 seconds before
performing further drive operations.
This operation should not be performed concurrently by
Note:
multiple administrators. You can access the screen, but you
cannot apply changes while another administrator is
performing the same operation.
The paths to open the appropriate screens are as follows:
• From the Web client, select
Drive Tests > Drive Reset
• From the operator panel, select
The Media Tests are drive tests that require you to insert a scratch or
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suspect tape into the library's top (uppermost) I/E station slot. You can
only run these tests on IBM tape drives. The following tests are available:
•
Drive Self Test —
make sure that drive hardware is working properly.
•
Read/Write Test
the scratch tape's four data sections. During the test, the drive
overwrites the data on the scratch tape.
•
Fast Read/Write Test —
each of the scratch tape's four data sections. During the test, the drive
overwrites the data on the scratch tape.
•
Media Test
cartridge. Since media damage usually comes from the tape edges,
this test reads and writes two wraps worth of data on each of the two
outside data bands on both edges of the tape for the entire length of
the tape. For this test, insert the suspect cartridge in the top I/E
station slot. The data will be overwritten on the suspect cartridge.
Media tests cannot be performed from the operator panel. The path to
open the appropriate screen is as follows:
• From the Web client, select
Tools > Diagnostics
.
Tools > Drive Mgmt > Reset drives
Performs the drive's Power On Self Test (POST) to
— Reads and writes 96 wraps worth of data in each of
Reads and writes two wraps worth of data in
— Run this test if you suspect media damage in a tape
Tools > Diagnostics > Drives > Media Tests
Chapter 13 Troubleshooting
Drive Diagnostics
, then select
Drives >
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