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Appendix B: Tape Alert Flag Descriptions
282 Quantum Scalar i40 and Scalar i80 User’s Guide
39 Diagnostics
required
W The tape drive may have a hardware
fault. Run extended diagnostics to
verify and diagnose the problem. Check
the tape drive user’s manual for device-
specific instructions on running
extended diagnostic tests.
The drive may have a
hardw
are fault that
may be identified by
extended diagnostics
(i.e.,
SEND
DIAGNOSTIC
command).
40
–
46
Obsolete
47
–
49
Reserved
50 Lost statistics W Media statistics have been lost at some
time in
the past.
Drive or library
powered down with
tape loaded.
51 Tape d irect o ry
invalid at
unlo
ad
W The tape directory on the tape cartridge
just unloaded has been corrupted. File
search performance will be degraded.
The tape directory can be rebuilt by
reading all the data.
Error prevented the
tap
e directory being
updated on unload.
52 Tape s ystem
ar
ea write
failure
C The tape just unloaded could not write
its system area successfully:
1 Copy data to another tape cartridge.
2 Discard
the old cartridge.
Write errors while
writing the system
area on
unload.
53 Tape s ystem
area read
failu
re
C The tape system area could not be read
successfully at load time:
1 Copy data to another tape cartridge.
Read errors while
reading the
system
area on load.
No. Flag Severity
Re
commended Application Client
Message Probable Cause