Sense keys and codes66
HP restricted
3B 00 Sequential positioning
error
The drive has failed to read data off tape. There are two
possibilities:
• The current command (such as
READ, SPACE, REWIND,
or
WRITE) failed to complete successfully.
• The logical position has been lost.
Action: 1. Attempt to recover by executing a
REWIND command
to return to a known position such as BOT.
2. Space to the position of the last known successful
command and retry the failing command.
3. If this is unsuccessful, terminate the current I/O, and
return the appropriate error.
4. Prompt the user to back up the data to a new
cartridge and discard the old one.
5. Log the incident in the system log.
50 00 Write append error A write-type command failed because the point at which
to append data was unreadable. This was probably
caused by a powerfail, or SCSI bus or Fibre Channel link
reset, preventing the drive from completing a write
operation properly and appending an EOD.
Action: 1. Terminate the current I/O and return the appropriate
error.
2. Tell the user that the append point is unreadable
3. Advise the user to back up the data to new media and
reformat the failing tape.
4. Log the incident in the system log.
52 00 Cartridge fault A command could not be completed because of a fault
with the tape cartridge.
Action: 1. Terminate the current I/O and return the appropriate
error.
2. Tell the user that a serious fault has been detected
with the tape cartridge.
3. Advise the user to discard this cartridge and select a
new one.
4. Log the incident in the system log.
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