Troubleshooting All Drive Types - Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T200 User Manual

Chapter 12 — Drive Troubleshooting
2. Select Detail next to the drive you want to check. The Drive Details
3. Use the information on the Drive Details screen to troubleshoot drive
4. If the drive is in an error state, contact SpectraGuard Technical Support.
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ROUBLESHOOTING
Refer to the drive's documentation for detailed troubleshooting
information. See
obtaining drive documentation.
If you have been successfully operating the backup software and library in
the past, but are now experiencing problems reading and writing data,
check the following:
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screen displays.
Figure 186 The Drive Details screen.
problems.
Troubleshooting All Drive Types on page 274
Troubleshooting LTO Tape Drives on page 275
Troubleshooting RXT Drives on page 293
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LL RIVE
Related Publications on page 17
Write-protect switch. If you are writing data to a cartridge, make sure
that the cartridge is write-enabled (see
page 88) before importing it into the library.
Cartridge age. If a tape cartridge has been in use for a long time or if it
has been used frequently, try using a new cartridge.
Cleaning. Clean the tape drive(s) as described in
on page 306.
SCSI bus termination. If you experience sporadic errors and are using
direct-attach SCSI drives, make sure that the SCSI bus connected to
each drive is properly terminated at both ends.
Your library was shipped with the appropriate terminators installed on
each drive. If you removed terminators in order to daisy-chain multiple
drives, you must terminate the bus at the last drive in the daisy chain
by installing a terminator on the drive or on the last connector on the
bus expansion module (see
T
YPES
Preparing Media for Use on
Direct-Attach SCSI on page
for information about
Cleaning a Tape Drive
46).
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