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Chapter 5 Troubleshooting
A500: SDLT Hard Read Error
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A500: SDLT Hard Read Error 5
Read Error is a recorded event indication the tape drive detected a
condition in which the drive was not successfully able to read the data
from a particular location on the media.
Figure 114 Hard Read
Error/Hard Write Error
Block Descriptor
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