Table 9. TapeAlert Flags and Descriptions (continued)
TapeAlert Flags Supported by the Tape Drive
11 0Bh Cleaning media Set when you load a cleaning
cartridge into the drive.
No action required.
12 0Ch Unsupported format Set when you load an
unsupported cartridge type
into the drive or when the
cartridge format has been
corrupted.
Use a supported tape
cartridge.
15 0Fh Cartridge memory chip
failure
Set when a cartridge memory
(CM) failure is detected on
the loaded tape cartridge.
Replace the cartridge. If this
error occurs on multiple
tapes, see error code 6 in
“Descriptions and Corrective
Actions” on page 37.
16 10h Forced eject Set when you manually
unload the tape cartridge
while the drive was reading
or writing.
No action required.
18 12h Tape directory
corrupted in the
cartridge memory
Set when the drive detects
that the tape directory in the
cartridge memory has been
corrupted.
Reread all data from the tape
to rebuild the tape directory.
20 14h Clean now Set when the tape drive
detects that it needs cleaning.
Clean the tape drive. See the
“Cleaning the Tape
Mechanism” on page 23
section.
21 15h Clean periodic Set when the drive detects
that it needs routine cleaning.
Clean the tape drive as soon
as possible. The drive can
continue to operate, but you
should clean the drive soon.
See the “Cleaning the Tape
Mechanism” on page 23
section.
22 16h Expired clean Set when the tape drive
detects a cleaning cartridge
that has expired.
Replace the cleaning
cartridge.
23 17h Invalid cleaning tape Set when the drive expects a
cleaning cartridge and the
loaded cartridge is not a
cleaning cartridge.
Use a valid cleaning
cartridge.
30 1Eh Hardware A Set when a hardware failure
occurs that requires that you
reset the tape drive to
recover.
If resetting the drive does not
recover the error, use the
error code from the
single-character display,
library user interface, or SCSI
drive sense data. See
“Descriptions and Corrective
Actions” on page 37.
31 1Fh Hardware B Set when the tape drive fails
its internal self tests.
Use the error code on the
single-character display,
library user interface, or SCSI
drive sense data. See
“Descriptions and Corrective
Actions” on page 37.
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