User's Manual

Event Error Logs (SDLT 600 only)
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Table 20 Hard Read Error/
Hard Write Error Block
Descriptor
Table 21 Hard Read /Hard
Write Error Field Descriptions
Long Word Byte 03 Byte 02 Byte 01 Byte 00
1
Media ID
2
Physical Block Number (PBN)
3
Tape Address
4-12
13
Media Type Tape Format
14
Tape Number
15
Retry Count Logical Blk Num
(LBN)
16
Head Wear Hours BRC Head Wear Hours
Field Description
Media ID Random number used to identify tapes
Physical Block Number
(PBN)
Physical block location where the error occurred. There is one physical block
for each read/write head on each track. For example, if there are four
separate heads and 10 tracks, there would be 40 physical blocks on a single
point of that media.
Tape Address Location on tape in inches
Track Number Track number where error occurred
Retry Count Retry count used when reading