Base Mode
Test tool version x.x.x.x
Variable settings
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gp->fd0=-1 gp->fd1=-1 block size=1024 block count=1
hex block id = 0000000000000000
return_error_when_fail 1 exit_on_unexpected_result 0 trace_flag 0
manual test menu:
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1: set device special file 2: display symbols
3: set block size R/W (now !0 fixed) 4: set block count (R/W)
5: set return error when fail 6: set/reset trace
7: set exit on unexpected result 8: Library Mode
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20: open 21: close
22: read 23: write
24: read and display block 25: flush (buffer->media)
26: read block id 27: erase
28: locate block id 29: display block data
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30: write filemark(s) 31: rewind
32: forward space filemark(s) 33: unload
34: reverse space filemark(s) 35: load (3592 System Mode)
36: forward space record(s) 37: return error
38: reverse space record(s) 39: test unit ready
43: set media parms (block size) 44: set dev parms (compression)
46: get device information
48: get medium information 49: inquiry
53: space EOD 54: display message
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70: system command
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80: Force Dump 81: Read Dump
82: Update Code 83: Log Sense
84: Get Last Sense 85: Get Version
86: Associative/Persistent WProtect 87: Read/Write Test
88: Find Devices 89: Get MTDevice info
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99: return to main menu
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Enter selection:
Figure 74: Base Mode
Exercising drive attached to Windows with NTUTIL
Refer to the IBM SCSI Tape Drive, Medium Changer, and Library Device Drivers: Installation and User's
Guide for details of the ITDT/tapeutil program with Windows systems.
Note: The drive exercise procedure can be run with the menu-driven interface of the ntutil program. To
start the ntutil program in this format, enter the common commands and option 87 to Read/Write Test.
Remember the read/write test writes on the tape. Use a CE scratch tape.
1. Verify that the IBM tape subsystem is powered ON and online.
2. Verify that the tape drive has a CE scratch tape loaded.
3. Start ntutil and open the drive (see Steps 1-3 in “Starting NT UTILITY (ntutil) from Windows” on page
222), then return here.
4. Complete either a 31 (rewind) or a 39 (test unit ready) to clear the not-ready status to a ready status. If
status is present, NTUTIL issues a 1110 (ERROR_MEDIA_CHANGED) message.
5. Read and write on the tape with the command 87 (Read/Write Test).
6. When the operation completed successfully, select 21 (close), then press Enter.
7. When the tests are complete, quit the Command Prompt window by clicking the X in the upper-right
corner of the screen.
8. Return to the procedure that sent you here.
224 IBM 3592 TS1140, TS1150, TS1155, and TS1160 Tape Drives: Maintenance Information
