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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Drive
StatusInformationonpage170).Usethefollowingtableandthe
informationinInterprettheDetailedDriveInformationonpage409to
determinehowtoproceed.
3. Ifyousuccessfullyoperated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adriveispower‐cycledorreset,itautomaticallyrunsself‐diagnostictests
(POST),whichcheckthedrive’smemoryandsensors,performsmotorand
servotests,andteststhedatachannels,tomakesurethatthedriveis
functioningwithinnormalparameters.
Cleaning Status Indicates whetherthedriverequirescleaning(seeCleaningaDriveonpage461).
LED Status CorrespondstothestatusLEDonthedrive.SeeInterpretingtheStatusLED
Informationonpage410fordetailedinformation.
Display Character
or Display Message
Correspondstothesingle‐characterdisplay(SCD)onanLTOdriveorthe
displaymessage(MCD)onaTS11x0technologydrive.SeeInterpretingtheSCD
andMCDCodes,beginningonpage410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221)before
importingitintothelibrary.
Cartridge age Atape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461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.