Table B-1. TapeAlert Flags Supported by the Ultrium Tape Drive (continued)FlagNumber Flag Description Action Required19 Nearing media life Set when the tape cartridge is nearingits specified end of life. The flag iscleared when the cartridge is removedfrom the drive.1. Copy the data to another tapecartridge.2. Replace the tape cartridge.20 Clean now Set when the tape drive detects that itneeds cleaning.Clean the tape drive.21 Clean periodic Set when the drive detects that itneeds routine cleaning.Clean the tape drive as soon aspossible. The drive can continue tooperate, but you should clean thedrive soon.22 Expired clean Set when the tape drive detects acleaning cartridge that has expired.Replace the cleaning cartridge.23 Invalid cleaning tape Set when the drive expects a cleaningcartridge and the loaded cartridge isnot a cleaning cartridge.Use a valid cleaning cartridge.30 Hardware A Set when a hardware failure occursthat requires that you reset the tapedrive to recover.31 Hardware B Set when the tape drive fails itsinternal Power-On Self Tests.Note the error code on thesingle-character display, then32 Interface Set when the tape drive detects aproblem with the host interface.33 Eject media Set when a failure occurs that requiresyou to unload the cartridge from thedrive.Unload the tape cartridge, thenreinsert it and restart the operation.34 Download fail Set when an FMR image isunsuccessfully downloaded to thetape drive through the host interface.Ensure that it is the correct FMRimage. Download the FMR imageagain.37 Drive voltage Set when the drive detects that theexternally supplied voltages are eitherapproaching the specified voltagelimits or are outside the voltagelimits.38 Predictive failure ofdrive hardwareSet when a hardware failure of thetape drive is predicted.39 Diagnostics required Set when the drive detects a failurethat requires diagnostics for isolation.51 Tape directory invalid atunloadSet when the tape directory on thetape cartridge that was previouslyunloaded is corrupted. The file-searchperformance is degraded.Use your backup software torebuild the tape directory byreading all the data.52 Tape system area writefailureSet when the tape cartridge that waspreviously unloaded could not writeits system area successfully.Copy the data to another tapecartridge, then discard the oldcartridge.53 Tape system area readfailureSet when the tape system area couldnot be read successfully at load time.Copy the data to another tapecartridge, then discard the oldcartridge.B-4 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide
