Chapter 5 Troubleshooting
Tape Drive Error Logs
170 SuperLoader User’s Guide
6h Unit Attention. A condition exists that impacts the drive’s functionality.
Examples include a SCSI Bus reset, or a transition from ready to not ready. A
reset is required because Mode Page setting may change after a reset and the
host will need to know that. This sense key is not logged in the drive logs.
7h
Data Protected. The media currently in the drive is write protected. This can be
a hardware write protect of software. This sense key is not logged in the drive
logs.
8h
Blank Check. While reading, writing, or doing a search on the media that the
drive encountered a EOD mark or a long gap was detected. A long gap may be
the result of a drive stopping the write command without doing the proper
command termination. This sense key is not reported in the drive logs.
9h
Code Update. The firmware in a drive has been changed. The ASC and ASCQ
will indicate what the new revision of the drive firmware changes that may
have occurred.
Bh
Command Aborted. The tape drive has aborted a drive command. Check the
sense code and qualifier to better understand why. This sense key is not
reported in the drive logs.
Dh
Volume overflow. The tape drive has reached the physical EOT and can no
longer write data to the tape. This sense key is not reported in the drive logs.
Eh
Miscompare. During the drive self tests, the drive has detected a data
miscompare while execution the internal test. This error would be a indicator
that the drive should be returned for repair.
Sense Key Definition
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