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Chapter 13—Drive Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Drives
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2. DisplaytheDriveDetailsscreenforthedrive yoususpectishaving
problemsandreviewtheinformationaboutthedrive(seeViewRobot
UtilizationInformationonpage142).Usethefollowingtableandthe
informationinInterprettheDetailedDriveInformationonpage386to
determinehowtoproceed.
3. Ifyouweresuccessfullyoperatingthestoragemanagementsoftware
andlibraryinthepast,butarenowexperiencingproblemsreadingand
writingdata,checkthefollowing:
Detail Field Description
POSTStatus Indicateswhetherthedrivesuccessfullycompleteditspower‐onself‐tests
(POST).
WhenanLTOdriveispower‐cycledorreset,itautomaticallyrunsself‐
diagnostictests(POST),whichcheckthedrive’smemoryandsensors,perform
motorandservotests,andtestthedatachannelstoensurethatthedriveis
functioningwithinnormalparameters.
CleaningStatus Indicateswhetherthedriverequirescleaning(seeCleaningaDriveon
page435).
DisplayCharacter Correspondstothesingle‐characterdisplay(SCD)onthedrive.
ThemeaningofthecharacterdisplayeddependsontheLTOdrivegeneration.
See
InterpretingtheSCDCodes,beginningonpage387fordetailed
information.
CartridgeStatus Indicateswhetheracartridgeiscurrentlyloadedinthedrive,tapemotion,and
otherinformationrelatedtoreadingandwritingdata.
Check this... If...
Write‐protect
switchsetting
Youarehavingtroublewritingdatatoacartridge.Makesurethatthecartridge
iswrite‐enabled(see
PreparingCartridgesforUseonpage194)before
importingitintothelibrary.
Cartridgeage Acartridgewasinuseforalongtimeorifitwasusedfrequently,tryusinga
newcartridge.
Drivecleaning Thedriveindicatesthatacleaningisrequired.Followtheinstructionsin
CleaningaDriveonpage435tocleanthedrive.
Note: Ifthestoragepartitionisassociatedwithacleaningpartitionandthe
cleaningpartitioncontainsausablecleaningcartridge,drivesareautomatically
cleanedwhenevernecessary.