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Media tape alert

Tabriz
Level 5

Hi Dear Community,

 

i40 Quantum sends me alerts related to media. (The tape number 000026) .But l check the media status is active. What could be reason the alerts?

 

Thanks

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mph999
Level 6
Employee Accredited

It depends what the alert is ...

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ts4300-tape-library?topic=information-tapealert-flags

Some will cause a drive to go 'down' instantly, others won't.

 

Hi Dear @mph999 ,

 

Yes l checked the status of the tape.The tape status was frozen.

mph999
Level 6
Employee Accredited

If the tape was frozen, than it must have been a more severe error, or, a lesser error occurred, but multiple times.