B Media Status Flags

Media flags have the following meanings:

A means that the slot needs an audit.
C means that the slot contains cleaning cartridge.
E means that the volume is bad or the cleaning media has expired.
L means that the volume is a Linear Tape File System (LTFS) volume.
N means that the volume is not in SAM-QFS format.
R means that the volume is read-only (a software flag).
U means that the volume is unavailable.
W means that the volume is physically write-protected.
X means that the slot is an export slot.
b means that the volume has a bar code.
c means that the volume is scheduled for recycling
f means that the archiver found the volume full or corrupt.
d means that the volume has a duplicate volume serial number (VSN)
l means that the volume is labeled.
o means that the slot is occupied.
p means that the volume is a high priority volume.
-, when used in displays, means that the corresponding flag is not set.

For example, the samcmd v lists catalog information, including media flags for each cataloged volume:

root@solaris:~# samcmd v 800
Robot catalog samcmd     5.4    16:45:25 Mar 14 2014
samcmd on samqfshost                         count 32
Robot VSN catalog by slot       : eq 800
slot          access time count use  flags         ty vsn
   0     2014/03/14 11:23  875   0%  -il-o-b-----  li VOL001 
   1     2014/03/13 17:54  866   0%  -il-o-b-----  li VOL002 
   2     2014/03/14 11:26    3   0%  -il-o-b-----  li VOL003 
   3     2014/03/14 10:33    3   0%  -il-o-b-----  li VOL004 
   4     2014/03/14 11:34    5   0%  -il-o-b-----  li VOL005 
   5     2014/03/14 11:32    2   0%  -ilEo-b----f  li VOL006 MEDIA ERROR
   6     2014/03/13 18:07    2   0%  -il-o-b-----  li VOL007 
   7     2014/03/13 18:07    1   0%  -il-o-b-----  li VOL008 
  10     2014/03/13 18:10    2   0%  -il-o-b-----  li VOL011