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Appendix A Event Details Listing
112 MC300 Prism Management Card User’s Guide
Table 19 Failure
Events Detail
Tape
Alert
Flag
E-mail Message
Error Type
Description
4 Soft Error Media can no longer be written or read, or performance is
severely degraded
5 Hardware Failure The drive can no longer read data from the tape
6 Hardware Failure The drive can no longer write data to the tape
9 Hardware Failure Write command attempted to a write-protected tape
13 Hardware Failure Tape snapped or cut in the drive where media can be ejected
14 Hardware Failure Tape snapped or cut in the drive where media cannot be ejected
20 Soft Error The drive has a head clog or needs cleaning
22 Soft Error The cleaning tape has expired
30 Hardware Failure The drive has a hardware fault that requires a reset to recover
31 Hardware Failure The drive has a hardware fault that requires a power cycle to
continue
33 Soft Error Error recovery action
40 Hardware Failure Library mechanism is having trouble communicating with the
tape drive
41 Soft Error Stray tape left in library after previous error recovery
43 Operator Access Library door open
44 Hardware Failure The library mechanism had a hardware fault that is not
mechanically related
45 Hardware Failure Library magazine not present