Troubleshooting: Dell PowerVault 124T DLT VS160 Autoloader User's Guide
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Drive TAflag[02]
Write Warning
TapeAlert Log Entry:
4000000000000000
writing data. No data has been lost,
but there has been a reduction in the
capacity of the tape.
The drive is having
severe trouble writing.
This can be caused by
bad media or the drive.
Clean the drive
Try another piece of media.
If no errors are
encountered with the
alternate piece of media,
retry the original media.
Drive TAflag[03]
Hard Error
TapeAlert Log Entry:
2000000000000000
The operation has stopped because
an error has occurred while reading
or writing data that the drive cannot
correct.
The drive had a hard
read or write error.
This can be caused by
bad media or the drive.
Clean the drive
Try another piece of media.
If no errors are
encountered with the
alternate piece of media,
retry the original media.
Drive TAflag[04]
Media
TapeAlert Log Entry:
1000000000000000
Your data is at risk. Copy any data
you require from this tape. Do not
use this tape again.
Media can no longer be
written/read, or
performance is severely
degraded.
Clean the drive
Try another piece of media.
If no errors are
encountered with the
alternate piece of media,
retry the original media.
Drive TAflag[05]
Read Failure
TapeAlert Log Entry:
0800000000000000
The tape is damaged or the drive is
faulty.
The drive can no longer
read data from the tape.
Clean the drive
Try another piece of media.
If no errors are
encountered with the
alternate piece of media,
retry the original media.
Drive TAflag[06]
Write Failure
TapeAlert Log Entry:
0400000000000000
The tape is from a faulty batch or the
tape drive is faulty.
The drive can no longer
write data to the tape.
Clean the drive
Try another piece of media.
If no errors are
encountered with the
alternate piece of media,
retry the original media.
Drive TAflag[07]
Media Life
TapeAlert Log Entry:
0200000000000000
The tape cartridge has reached the
end of its calculated useful life.
The media has exceeded
its specified life.
Copy any data you need to
another tape. Discard the old
tape.
Drive TAflag[08] Not
Data Grade
TapeAlert Log Entry:
0100000000000000
The cartridge is not data-grade. Any
data you write to the tape is at risk.
The drive has not been
able to read the MRS
stripes
Replace the cartridge with a data-
grade tape.
Drive TAflag[09]
Write Protect
You are trying to write to a write
protected cartridge.
Write command is
attempted to a write
protected tape.
Remove the write protection or
use another tape.
