Chapter 5  Troubleshooting
A408: Directory Write
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A408: Directory Write 5
Directory write provides information as to why the DLT tape drive was 
not successful in writing a directory to the media. If a drive fails to write a 
good directory the next drive to load the tape may log an A407 Event, and 
it may have excessively long response times to a space or locate SCSI 
command.
Figure 113  Directory 
Write Block Descriptor
Note: This event will not occur on SDLT tape drives.
Long 
Word
Byte 03 Byte 02 Byte 01 Byte 00
    1
  Called Mode
    2
  Format    
    3
     Flags        Status       Status 2         Status 3
    4
 
    5
               Media ID
 6-20