Dell EMC ML3 User Manual page 120

Flag
Number Flag Name
9 Write protect
10 No removal
11 Cleaning media
12 Unsupported
format
14 Unrecoverable
snapped tape
15 Cartridge memory
chip failure
16 Forced eject
17 Loaded media is
Read-only format
18 Tape directory is
corrupted in the
cartridge memory
19 Nearing media
life
20 Clean now
21 Clean periodic
22 Expired clean
23 Invalid cleaning
tape
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Dell EMC ML3 Tape Library: User's Guide
Hex
Code Description
09h Set when the tape drive detects
that the tape cartridge is
write-protected.
0Ah Set when the tape drive receives
an UNLOAD command after the
server prevented the tape
cartridge from being removed.
0Bh Set when you load a cleaning
cartridge into the drive.
0Ch Set when you load an
unsupported cartridge type into
the drive or when the cartridge
format is corrupted.
0Eh Set when the tape is snapped/cut
or has a mechanical failure.
0Fh Set when a cartridge memory
(CM) failure is detected on the
loaded tape cartridge.
10h Set when you manually unload
the tape cartridge while the drive
was reading or writing.
11h Set when a write attempt is made
on a read-only cartridge. The flag
is cleared when the cartridge is
ejected (this flag is not supported
for Ultrium 1 or Ultrium 2).
12h Set when the drive detects that
the tape directory in the cartridge
memory is corrupted.
13h Set when the tape cartridge is
nearing its specified end of life.
14h Set when the tape drive detects
that it needs cleaning.
15h Set when the drive detects that it
needs routine cleaning.
16h Set when the tape drive detects
an expired cleaning cartridge.
17h Set when the drive expects a
cleaning cartridge and the loaded
cartridge is not a cleaning
cartridge.
Action Required
Make sure that the cartridge's
write-protect switch is set so that
the tape drive can write data to
the tape.
Refer to the documentation for
your server's operating system.
No action is required.
Informational message only.
Use a supported tape cartridge.
Do not attempt to extract the old
tape cartridge. Call the tape drive
supplier's help line.
Replace the tape cartridge. If this
error occurs on multiple
cartridges, see Error Code 6 in
"Drive Error Codes:
Single-character display (SCD)"
on page 100.
No action is required.
Informational message only.
No action is required.
Informational message only.
Reread all data from the tape to
rebuild the tape directory.
1. Copy the data to another tape
cartridge.
2. Replace the tape cartridge.
Clean the tape drive.
Clean the tape drive as soon as
possible. The drive can continue
to operate, but you must clean
the drive soon.
Replace the cleaning cartridge.
Use a valid cleaning cartridge.
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