
IBM Tape Device Error Log Analysis
NAME: rmt1 LOCATION: 00-02-01-20 DEVICE TYPE: 3592
DATE: 10/21/03 07:33:21 SEQUENCE #203274 ERROR ID: 3592 SIM/MIM PAGE
SIM/MIM DATA:
310000440000614002303030303030303235384136313535363031303030334132415051
5239353001303830303049424D31322D3030303030303054513331353033353930423141
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F3=Cancel F10=Exit Enter
Figure 16: AIX TAPEUTIL and DIAG commands MIM Error Log example
IBM Tape Device Error Log Analysis
NAME: rmt1 LOCATION: 00-02-01-20 DEVICE TYPE: 3592
DATE: 10/21/03 07:33:21 SEQUENCE #203274 ERROR ID: SCSI ADAPTER ERROR
SCSI CDB: 170000000000
SCSI ADAPTER ERROR: COMMAND TIMEOUT
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F3=Cancel F10=Exit Enter
Figure 17: AIX TAPEUTIL and DIAG commands Error Log example
Tapeutil errors
If tapeutil is running and an error condition is detected, an error message is displayed. The error sense
data has the format that is seen in Figure 18 on page 56. The errno, or error number, is explained in
Table 42 on page 57. Use Table 24 on page 43 to translate the hexadecimal information to ASCII values.
Read/Write test terminated, total bytes written 0
Operation failed with errno 5: I/O error
Residual count: 204800
Error Sense Data, Length 80
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0000 - 7100 0400 0000 0040 0000 0000 4400 8603 [[email protected].õ.]
0010 - AD12 0021 0201 0100 0000 0000 0000 0A00 [!..!............]
0020 - 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 [................]
0030 - 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 [................]
0040 - 0000 0000 0000 0000 3433 4120 2020 2000 [........43A .]
HEX ASCII DESCRIPTION
86 FID (FRU identification number, Byte 14)
AD12 FSC (fault symptom code, Bytes 16 and 17)
343341 43A Microcode level (Bytes 72-74
(not shown) VOLSER Number in ASCII or EBCDIC (Bytes 83-88)
Figure 18: Tapeutil error example - AIX
Table 42 on page 57 shows only the errno values that pertain to tape devices. You can find the complete
list of errno values in the AIX
/usr/include/sys/errno.h
header file.
56 IBM 3592 TS1140, TS1150, TS1155, and TS1160 Tape Drives: Maintenance Information