User's Guide

Chapter 3 Emulated DLT7000 SCSI Commands
Log Sense (4Dh)
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Table 117 TapeAlert
Flags, Severity Levels,
and Meanings
Flag Severity Level* Meaning
1 Read Warning Warning Problems reading data. There is no loss of data, but the
tape drive’s performance is reduced.
2 Write
Warning
Warning Problems writing data. There is no loss of data, but the
capacity of the tape is reduced.
3 Hard Error Warning An error has occurred during a read or write operation
that the tape drive cannot correct: operation has stopped.
5 Read Failure Critical The tape medium or the tape drive is damaged. Contact a
service representative.
6 Write Failure Critical The tape medium is faulty or the tape drive is damaged.
Test the tape drive using a known-good tape cartridge. If
the problem persists, contact a service representative.
9 Write Protect Critical The tape cartridge is write protected. Set the write
protection switch to enable writing, or use a different
tape cartridge.
10 No Removal Informational The tape drive is busy and the tape cartridge cannot be
ejected. Wait for the operation to complete before
attempting to eject the tape cartridge.
11 Cleaning
Media
Informational The tape cartridge in the tape drive is a cleaning
cartridge. For normal tape drive data-related operations,
replace the cleaning cartridge with a data tape cartridge.
20 Clean Now Critical The tape drive needs to be cleaned. Make sure that all
tape operations have completed, eject the data tape
cartridge and follow the appropriate steps to use a
cleaning cartridge.
22 Expired
Cleaning Media
Critical The cleaning cartridge that was used has expired. Wait
for all tape drive operations to complete, then use a valid
cleaning cartridge for cleaning.