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SCSI Configuration
500300 Rev. U
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RETRY
- If the final retry was successful, the drive reports a Recoverable Error.
If it resulted in a CER or HER, the drive reports a Media Error.
•
YES
- If the final retry was successful or resulted in a CER, the drive reports a
Recoverable Error. Otherwise, the drive reports a Media Error.
PARAMETER
SETTING
REPORTED STATUS
IF LAST RETRY
WAS SUCCESSFULL
REPORTED STATUS
IF LAST RETRY
RESULTED IN A CER
ERROR
Good Completion
Media Error
LAST
Good Completion
Recoverable Error
NO
Good Completion
Good Completion
RETRY
Recoverable Error
Media Error
YES
Recoverable Error
Recoverable Error
Table 5-2 Summary of the Rewrite CER Parameter
5.1.8
Write EOT (Default = Write)
This parameter determines whether or not the drive will write the contents of the
buffer to tape when buffer operations are enabled and the EOT marker is sensed
while writing.
•
WRITE
- All unrecorded data in the buffer will be written to tape and the drive
will then report an End Of Medium Check Condition with the Information Bytes
set to zero;
•
RETAIN
- The drive will complete the block being written when the EOT marker
is sensed and will not write any more data. It will report an End-Of-Medium
Check Condition with the Information Bytes equal to the number of unrecorded
bytes in the buffer.
The unrecorded data may be written to tape using the Write Filemark command
or it may be recovered using the Recover Buffered Data command. Any other
tape motion command will clear the contents of the buffer.
5.1.9
Write HER (Default = Report)
The Write HER parameter allows you to inhibit the reporting of hard errors and to
disable retries during write operations.
•
REPORT
- Report hard errors that occur during write operations as media errors.
•
IGNORE
- Do not report hard errors that occur during write operations and do
not perform retries.
