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If the Load was issued by some other host (or was an autoload) and
completed successfully,
and additional sense of 2800h (not ready to ready
UNIT ATTENTION
transition).
If the Load was issued by the current host and failed,
reported, since a deferred error condition will exist for the current host.
If the Load was issued by some other host and failed, the load will be re-
attempted on behalf of the current host.
Unloading a Cartridge
If an unload is requested and there is a tape present in the drive (either
loaded, loading or unloading):
1
Any buffered data is written to tape.
2
The tape is rewound to the physical BOM (beginning of media).
3
If medium removal is prevented,
sense key of
ILLEGAL REQUEST
removal prevented).
4
G
status is reported if the tape unloaded successfully. Otherwise,
OOD
another unload operation is initiated on behalf of the host that issued the
unload request.
Following an unload, any media access commands will be rejected by the
Media Access check.
If an unload request is received while the tape is in the process of
unloading (for example, as a result of pressing the eject button), it will be
queued until the unload is complete.
If an unload request is received while there is no tape present, or if a tape
is present but not loaded and medium removal is prevented,
is reported.
It is possible to unload and eject the cartridge by pressing the Eject button on
the front panel.
is reported, with a sense key of
CHECK CONDITION
CHECK CONDITION
and additional sense of 5302h (medium
is
CHECK CONDITION
is reported with a
status
GOOD
Commands
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