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7 Media
Life
W
The tape cartridge has reached the end of
its calculated useful life:
1. Copy any data you need to another
tape.
2. Discard the old tape.
The media has exceeded its
specified life.
9 Write
Protect C
You are trying to write to a write-protected
cartridge.
Remove the write-protection or use another
tape.
WRITE command is
attempted to a write
protected tape.
10 No
Removal
I You cannot eject the cartridge because the
tape drive is in use.
Wait until the operation is complete before
ejecting the cartridge.
Manual or software unload
attempted when prevent
media removal is on.
11 Cleaning
Media I The tape in the drive is a cleaning
cartridge.
Cleaning tape loaded into
drive.
12
Unsupported
Format
I
You have tried to load a cartridge of a type
that is not supported by this drive.
Attempted loaded of
unsupported tape format,
e.g. DDS2 in DDS1 drive
14
Unrecoverable
Snapped Tape
C
The operation has failed because the tape
in the drive has experienced a mechanical
failure:
1. Do not attempt to extract the tape
cartridge.
2. Call the tape drive supplier help line.
Tape snapped/cut or
other cartridge
mechanical failure in
the drive where
medium cannot be
de-mounted.
15
Memory chip in
cartridge failure
W
The memory in the tape cartridge has
failed, which reduces performance. Do not
use the cartridge for further write
operations.
Memory chip failed in
cartridge.
16 Forced
Eject
C The operation has failed because the tape
cartridge was manually de-mounted while
the tape drive was actively writing or
reading.
Manual or forced eject while
drive actively writing or
reading.
17
Read Only
Format
W
You have loaded a cartridge of a type that
is read-only in this drive.
The cartridge will appear as write-
protected.
Media loaded that is read-
only format.
18
Tape directory
corrupted on
load
W
The tape directory on the tape cartridge
has been corrupted. File search
performance will be degraded. The tape
directory can be rebuilt by reading all the
data on the cartridge.
Tape drive powered down
with tape loaded, or
permanent error prevented
the tape directory being
updated.
19
Nearing media
life
I
The tape cartridge is nearing the end of its
calculated life. It is recommended that you:
1. Use another tape cartridge for your next
backup.
2. Store this tape cartridge in a safe place
in case you need to restore data from it.
Media may have exceeded
its specified number of
passes.
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