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Chapter 13 — Drive Troubleshooting
2. Display the Drive Details screen for the drive you suspect is having
Detail Field
POST Status
Cleaning Status
LED Status
Display Character
or Display Message
Cartridge Status
3. If you successfully operated the storage management software and
Check this...
Write-protect
switch setting
Cartridge age
Drive cleaning
August 2019
problems and review the information about the drive (see View Drive
Status Information on page 154). Use the following table and the
information in Interpret the Detailed Drive Information on page 368 to
determine how to proceed.
Description
Indicates whether the drive successfully completed its power‐on self‐tests (POST).
When a drive is power‐cycled or reset, it automatically runs self‐diagnostic tests
(POST), which check the drive's memory and sensors, performs motor and
servo tests, and tests the data channels, to make sure that the drive is
functioning within normal parameters.
Indicates whether the drive requires cleaning (see Cleaning a Drive on page 415).
Corresponds to the status LED on the drive. See Interpreting the Status LED
Information on page 369 for detailed information.
Corresponds to the single‐character display (SCD) on an LTO drive or the
display message (MCD) on a TS11xx technology drive. See Interpreting the SCD
and MCD Codes, beginning on page 369 for detailed information.
Indicates whether a cartridge is currently loaded in the drive, tape motion, and
other information related to reading and writing data.
library in the past, but are now experiencing problems reading and
writing data, check the following:
If...
You are having trouble writing data to a cartridge. Make sure that the cartridge
is write‐enabled (see Preparing Cartridges for Use on page 199) before
importing it into the library.
A tape cartridge was in use for a long time or if it was used frequently, try using
a new cartridge.
The drive indicates that a cleaning is required. Follow the instructions in
Cleaning a Drive on page 415 to clean the drive.
Note:
If the storage partition is associated with a cleaning partition and the
cleaning partition contains a usable cleaning cartridge, drives are automatically
cleaned whenever necessary.
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