Use this information to diagnose and resolve tape alert flags for
the blade server.
Tape alert flags are numbered 1 through 64 and indicate a specific
media-changer error condition. Each tape alert is returned as an individual
log parameter, and its state is indicated in bit 0 of the 1-byte Parameter
Value field of the log parameter. When this bit is set to 1, the alert is
active.
Each tape alert flag has one of the following severity levels:
- C - Critical
- W - Warning
- I - Information
Different tape drives support some or all of the following flags
in the tape alert log:
- Flag 2: Library Hardware B (W) This flag is set when an unrecoverable
mechanical error occurs.
- Flag 4: Library Hardware D (C) This flag is set when the tape
drive fails the power-on self-test or a mechanical error occurs that requires
a power cycle to recover. This flag is internally cleared when the drive is
powered-off.
- Flag 13: Library Pick Retry (W) This flag is set when a high retry
count threshold is passed during an operation to pick a cartridge from a slot
before the operation succeeds. This flag is internally cleared when another
pick operation is attempted.
- Flag 14: Library Place Retry (W) This flag is set when a high
retry count threshold is passed during an operation to place a cartridge back
into a slot before the operation succeeds. This flag is internally cleared
when another place operation is attempted.
- Flag 15: Library Load Retry (W) This flag is set when a high retry
count threshold is passed during an operation to load a cartridge into a drive
before the operation succeeds. This flag is internally cleared when another
load operation is attempted. Note that if the load operation fails because
of a media or drive problem, the drive sets the applicable tape alert flags.
- Flag 16: Library Door (C) This flag is set when media move operations
cannot be performed because a door is open. This flag is internally cleared
when the door is closed.
- Flag 23: Library Scan Retry (W) This flag is set when a high retry
count threshold is passed during an operation to scan the bar code on a cartridge
before the operation succeeds. This flag is internally cleared when another
bar code scanning operation is attempted.