TapeAlert flags supported by the drive
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Flag Number Flag Name Hex Code Description Action Required Event
1 Read warning 01h Set when the tape drive is having
problems reading data. No data is lost, but
there is a reduction in the performance of
the tape.
Isolate the fault between drive and tape by
following these steps:
Use a known good tape cartridge in the
suspect drive. If the drive fails, contact your
IBM® Service Representative.
Use the suspect tape cartridge in a known
good drive. If the test fails, discard the
cartridge.
Warning Event
2 Write warning 02h Set when the tape drive is having
problems writing data. No data is lost, but
there is a reduction in the performance of
the tape.
Isolate the fault between drive and tape by
following these steps:
Use a known good tape cartridge in the
suspect drive. If the drive fails, contact your
IBM® service representative.
Use the suspect tape cartridge in a known
good drive. If the test fails, discard the
cartridge.
Warning Event
3 Hard error 03h Set for any unrecoverable read, write, or
positioning error. (This flag is set with flags
4, 5, or 6).
See the Action Required column for Flag Number
4, 5, or 6 in this table.
Ensure that tape drive firmware is at the latest
version.
Warning Event
4 Media 04h Set for any unrecoverable read, write, or
positioning error that is due to a faulty
tape cartridge.
Replace the tape cartridge. Warning Event
5 Read failure 05h Set for any unrecoverable read error where
isolation is uncertain and failure might be
due to a faulty tape cartridge or to faulty
drive hardware.
If Flag Number 4 is also set, the cartridge is
defective. Replace the tape cartridge. If Flag
Number 4 is not set, see Error Code 6 in Single-
character display (SCD).
Warning Event
6 Write failure 06h Set for any unrecoverable write or
positioning error where isolation is
uncertain and failure might be due to a
faulty tape cartridge or to faulty drive
hardware.
If Flag Number 9 is also set, make sure that the
write-protect switch is set so that data can be
written to the tape. If Flag Number 4 is also set,
the cartridge is defective. Replace the tape
cartridge. If Flag Number 4 is not set, see Error
Code 6 in Single-character display (SCD).
Warning Event
7 Media life 07h Set when the tape cartridge reaches its
end of life (EOL).
1. Copy the data to another tape cartridge.
2. Discard the old (EOL) tape.
Warning Event
8 Not data grade 08h Set when the cartridge is not data-grade.
Any data that you write to the tape is at
risk.
Replace the tape with a data-grade tape. Warning Event
9 Write protect 09h Set when the tape drive detects that the
tape cartridge is write-protected.
Make sure that the cartridge's write-protect switch
is set so that the tape drive can write data to the
tape.
Warning Event
10 No removal 0Ah Set when the tape drive receives an
UNLOAD command after the server
prevented the tape cartridge from being
removed.
Refer to the documentation for your server's
operating system.
Info Event
11 Cleaning media 0Bh Set when you load a cleaning cartridge
into the drive.
No action is required. Informational message only. Info Event
12 Unsupported
format
0Ch Set when you load an unsupported
cartridge type into the drive or when the
cartridge format is corrupted.
Use a supported tape cartridge. Info Event
13 Recoverable
mechanical
cartridge failure
0Dh The drive has detected a mechanical
volume failure and the volume is able to
be unloaded. This is normally a broken
tape detected during midtape recovery,
and is normally a high usage tape that has
broken tape at the leader pin.
Quarantine the tape cartridge and contact your
IBM Service Representative.
14 Unrecoverable
mechanical
cartridge failure
0Eh The drive has detected a mechanical
cartridge failure and the cartridge is not
able to be unloaded. Normally set when
the tape is snapped/cut.
Do not attempt to extract the old tape cartridge.
Call the tape drive supplier's help line.
Warning Event
15 Cartridge
memory chip
failure
0Fh Set when a cartridge memory (CM) failure
is detected on the loaded tape cartridge.
Replace the tape cartridge. If this error occurs on
multiple cartridges, see Error Code 6 in Single-
character display (SCD).
Warning Event
16 Forced eject 10h Set when you manually unload the tape
cartridge while the drive was reading or
writing.
No action is required. Informational message only. Warning Event
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