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Identifying Unrecoverable Tapes
Identifying Unrecoverable Tapes
CAUTION:
Do not degauss 9840 Tape Drive tapes. Servo tracks are written on the
tape at the factory. When these tracks are mistakenly erased as by
degaussing, the cartridge tape must be discarded.
Defective and degaussed tapes fail in all or most operations. Test failing tapes
on two different drives. This testing process verifies you have a bad tape.
Note: You may wish to take a good tape and test it on the original drive using
A degaussed tape has no servo tracks and cannot be written on or formatted.
You must discard the tape. If you attempt to load a degaussed tape, a Load-
(FSC) error message appears on the operator panel.
Reformatting (Reclaiming) a Cartridge Tape
Use the Reclaim menu to reformat the tape. If the Reclaim menu accepts and
reformats the tape, the tape can be reused.
Note: See
If the Reclaim menu rejects the tape, then the tape is by definition
unrecoverable and it must be discarded.
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the same operation that previously failed. If the operation does not fail
with the good tape, the drive is good and the previous tape is defective.
Chapter 4, "Menus,"
a tape.
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and refer to
Table 4-5 on page 4-17
to reformat
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