Drive - IBM TS2900 Setup, Operator, And Service Manual

Table C-2. TapeAlert flags supported by the Ultrium tape drive (continued)
Flag
Flag Name
Number
10 No removal
11 Cleaning media
12 Unsupported format
14 Unrecoverable snapped
tape
15 Cartridge memory chip
failure
16 Forced eject
17 Media loaded is
Read-only format
18 Tape directory
corrupted in cartridge
memory
19 Nearing media life
20 Clean now
21 Clean periodic
22 Expired cleaning media Set when the tape drive detects a
23 Invalid cleaning
cartridge
30 Hardware A
31 Hardware B
32 Interface
C-4
TS2900 Tape Autoloader Setup, Operator, and Service Guide
Description
Set when the tape drive receives an
UNLOAD command after the server
prevented the tape cartridge from being
removed.
Set when a cleaning tape is loaded into
the drive.
Set when a non-supported cartridge
type is loaded into the drive or when
the cartridge format has been
corrupted.
Set when the operation failed because
the tape in the drive snapped.
Set when a cartridge memory (CM)
failure is detected on the loaded tape
cartridge.
Set when a tape cartridge was unloaded
manually while the drive was reading
or writing.
Set when a cartridge marked as
read-only is loaded into the drive. The
flag is cleared when the cartridge is
ejected.
Set when the tape drive detects that the
tape directory in the cartridge memory
has been corrupted.
Set when the tape cartridge is nearing
its specified end of life. It is cleared
when the cartridge is removed from the

drive.

Set when the tape drive detects that it
needs cleaning.
Set when the tape drive detects that it
needs routine cleaning.
cleaning cartridge that has expired.
Set when the drive expects a cleaning
cartridge to be loaded and the loaded
cartridge is not a cleaning cartridge.
Set when a hardware failure occurs that
requires that you reset the tape drive to
recover.
Set when the tape drive fails its internal
Power-On Self-Tests (POSTs).
Set when the tape drive detects a
problem with the host interface.
Action Required
Refer to the documentation for your
server's operating system.
No action required. Status only.
Replace the invalid cartridge with a
supported tape cartridge.
Do not attempt to extract the tape
cartridge. See "Contacting IBM Technical
Support" on page 7-1
Replace the tape cartridge.
No action required. Status only.
No action required. Status only.
Re-read all data from the tape to rebuild
the tape directory.
1. Copy the data to another tape
cartridge.
2. Replace the tape cartridge.
Clean the tape drive.
Clean the tape drive as soon as possible.
The drive can continue to operate, but
requires cleaning soon.
Replace the cleaning cartridge.
Use a valid cleaning cartridge.
See "Contacting IBM Technical Support"
on page 7-1.
Note the error code on the
single-character display and see
"Contacting IBM Technical Support" on
page 7-1.
See "Contacting IBM Technical Support"
on page 7-1.