Appendix D. Sense data
“Sense Key definitions”
“Library sense data” on page 208
“Tape drive sense data” on page 209
When a drive encounters an error, it makes sense data available. You can use IBM device drivers to
examine the sense data and determine errors. Instructions for downloading, installing, and properly
configuring the IBM device drivers are available in the IBM Ultrium Device Drivers Installation and User's
Guide. The IBM device drivers might conflict with some commercial software applications unless properly
configured. To avoid conflicts on Windows operating systems, refer to your device driver's procedures for
setting the driver to manual startup mode. For applications that use Open Systems device drivers that are
provided by IBM (for example, AIX
®
, Linux, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, Windows 2003, and Windows 2000), the
IBM Ultrium Device Drivers Installation and User's Guide contains information about how to obtain sense
data after an error occurred.
If your application uses other device drivers, see the appropriate documentation for those drivers to
obtain the sense data.
Raw sense data (as returned from the drive) is documented in the IBM LTO Ultrium Tape Drive SCSI
Reference.
Sense Key definitions
Table 38. Sense key definitions
SK Definition
00 No Sense
01 Recovered Error
02 Not Ready
03 Media Error
04 Hardware Error
05 Illegal Request
06 Unit Attention
07 Data Protect
08 Blank Check
09 Reserved
0A Reserved
0B Aborted Command
0C Reserved
0D Volume Overflow
0E Reserved
0F Reserved
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