C.0 Appendix C. Error Recovery Procedures
Use Figure 18 to resolve error messages that appear on the LCD of the 7208 Tape Drive Model 342:
1. Determine the fault symptom code (FSC) in the error message (the first two digits in the message). For example, in error message
ERR 1:
AD 58 C0
, the FSC is
AD
.
2. Locate the FSC in Figure 17 in topic B.0 and identify the error recovery procedure (ERP) number for that FSC.
3. Locate the ERP number in Figure 18, and identify the recommended error recovery procedure. If two or more ERP codes are listed for
the fault symptom code in Figure 17 in topic B.0, perform the action for the first code, then perform the action for the second code, and
so on.
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¦ Figure 18. Error Recovery Procedures ¦
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¦
ERP
¦ ¦
¦
Numbe¦ Recommended Error Recovery Procedure
¦
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¦ 1 ¦ Warning Message, clean drive. ¦
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¦ ¦ Application program error or user error using application. ¦
¦ 2 ¦ Retry operation. If this problem continues, notify application ¦
¦ ¦ provider. ¦
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¦ 3 ¦ Reissue the failed command or command sequence. ¦
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¦ 4 ¦ Application attempted to read a blank tape. Either write to the ¦
¦ ¦ tape or replace the tape with a tape containing data. ¦
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¦ 5 ¦ Tape is write protected and a write or erase was attempted. ¦
¦ ¦ Either write-enable the tape or insert a write-enabled tape. ¦
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¦ ¦ Perform the following until the operation can be completed: ¦
¦ ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ 1. Clean the drive ¦
¦ 6 ¦ 2. Retry the operation ¦
¦ ¦ 3. Clean the drive ¦
¦ ¦ 4. Replace the tape cartridge ¦
¦ ¦ 5. If the error persists and there is an error in the system ¦
¦ ¦ error log, call your service representative ¦
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¦ 7 ¦ Insert a data cartridge into the tape drive. ¦
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¦ ¦ Perform one of the following actions: ¦
¦ ¦ ¦
¦ 8 ¦ Reset the tape drive by holding down the unload button ¦
¦ ¦ until the
RESET
message appears; then release the button. ¦
¦ ¦ Send a SCSI bus reset (a hard reset). ¦
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¦ 9 ¦ Clean the tape drive and repeat the operation. ¦
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¦ 10 ¦ No action is necessary. ¦
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¦ 11 ¦ User has pushed the unload button. No action is required; the ¦
¦ ¦ tape drive performed the requested operation. ¦
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¦ 12 ¦ The tape drive requires maintenance. ¦
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¦ ¦ The tape drive has encountered the end of the media on a read ¦
¦ 13 ¦ or write operation. Mount the next tape and continue the tape ¦
¦ ¦ operation. ¦
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¦ 14 ¦ The media type is not supported. Clean the drive and retry the ¦
¦ ¦ operation with supported media. ¦
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¦ ¦ The block size requested on the read operation does not match ¦
¦ 15 ¦ the block size that the tape was written at. Change the ¦
¦ ¦ application's block size. ¦
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7208 Tape Drive Setup and Operator Guide
Appendix C. Error Recovery Procedures
¦ Copyright IBM Corp. 1998
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