Appendix
C.
TapeAlert
Flags
TapeAlert
is
a
patented
technology
and
standard
of
the
American
National
Standards
Institute
(ANSI)
that
defines
conditions
and
problems
that
are
experienced
by
tape
drives.
The
technology
enables
a
server
to
read
TapeAlert
flags
from
a
tape
drive
through
the
SCSI
interface.
The
server
reads
the
flags
from
Log
Sense
Page
0x2E.
This
appendix
lists
the
TapeAlert
flags
that
are
supported
by
the
tape
drive.
Table
15.
Supported
TapeAlert
Flags
Flag
Number
Flag
3
Hard
error
4
Media
5
Read
failure
6
Write
failure
8
Not
data
grade
9
Write
protect
10
No
removal
11
Cleaning
media
12
Unsupported
format
14
Unrecoverable
snapped
tape
15
Cartridge
memory
chip
failure
16
Forced
eject
18
Tape
directory
corrupted
in
the
cartridge
memory
20
Clean
now
21
Clean
periodic
22
Expired
clean
23
Invalid
cleaning
tape
30
Hardware
A
31
Hardware
B
32
Interface
33
Eject
media
34
Download
fail
36
Drive
temperature
37
Drive
voltage
39
Diagnostics
required
51
Tape
directory
invalid
at
unload
52
Tape
system
area
write
failure
53
Tape
system
area
read
failure
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Copyright
IBM
Corp.
2004,
2006
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