Attribute

Definition

Lifetime Hours Incompatible

Total head-motion hours during which incompatible media was loaded over the lifetime of the drive.

Drive Voltage Alert

Drive voltage limit has been exceeded

Recover Mechanical Cart Failure Alert

A recoverable mechanical failure has occurred with the media. The media can still be ejected.

Drive Unload Prevented Alert

Drive unload was prevented; a manual or software unload was attempted while Prevent Medium Removal was in force.

Unrecoverable Unload Failure Alert

Media could not be unloaded

Media Eject Alert

The eject operation has failed.

FW download Failed Alert

Drive firmware download has failed

Forced Eject Alert

A manual or forced eject occurred while the drive was reading or writing.

Hardware A Alert

The drive has experienced a hardware fault from which it can recover through a reset.

Hardware B Alert

The drive has experienced a hardware fault from which it can recover through a power cycle. This alert is set if the tape drive fails its internal power-on self-tests and is cleared internally when the drive is powered off.

Drive Interface fault

An error has occurred in the drive interface

Media Directory Corrupt

The media directory on the tape media is corrupted, leading to degraded file search performance until the directory is rebuilt.

Invalid Cleaning Alert

Cleaning media is incompatible with the drive

Not Data Grade Alert

Media is not data-grade

Read Failure Alert

Read has failed

Read Only Alert

Media is read-only

Unsupported Format Alert

Media is an unsupported format

WORM Integrity Failure Alert

WORM data has failed the integrity check

Write Failure Alert

The drive was unable to write data to the media. This alert is set for any unrecoverable write/positioning error, due to either faulty media or faulty drive hardware. The alert is cleared internally when the tape is ejected.

Write Protect Alert

Media is write-protected

WORM overwrite attempted

Attempt has been made to overwrite WORM data