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Conference stkhlm::magtape

Title:MAGNETIC TAPEDRIVES
Moderator:STKHLM::GJOHNSSON
Created:Mon Sep 21 1987
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3775
Total number of notes:13147

3733.0. "TA/TF867 MEDIA CALIBRATION FAILURE" by VIRGIN::RUPP () Tue Apr 22 1997 22:40

    
When mounting a tape on a TA867 /HSC90 the following error message appears
very often:

RBVT02> mou/over=id $1$mua1:
%MOUNT-F-NOTLABELMT, tape is not labeled
RBVT02>

The errorlog shows MEDIA CALIBRATION FAILURE.
Head cleaning does not help. The cardridge was never used in a TZ87.

It is possible that the same tape mounts successfully on an other drive.
After that, the tape can be mounted on the original drive and the problem
has gone without init the tape.
The system has 4 TA867 and 2 TF867. The problem shows up on all drive.

The customer is using SLS, VMS V6.1

Any ideas how to troubleshoot this problem?
Thanks for your help.

Beat, MCS Support Switzerland



        B E G I N I N G   O F   I N T E R V E N I N G   E N T R I E S
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 V A X / V M S        SYSTEM ERROR REPORT         COMPILED 22-APR-1997 10:18:00
                                                                      PAGE   1.

 ******************************* ENTRY   28584. *******************************
 ERROR SEQUENCE 10996.                           LOGGED ON:        SID 13000202
 DATE/TIME 22-APR-1997 10:12:01.28                            SYS_TYPE 02100101
 SYSTEM UPTIME: 16 DAYS 12:27:10
 SCS NODE: RBVT02                                              VAX/VMS V6.1

 ERL$LOGMESSAGE ENTRY  KA66  CPU FW REV# 2.  CONSOLE FW REV# 1.0
                       XMI NODE # 1.

 I/O SUB-SYSTEM, UNIT _HSC90$MUA1:

       MESSAGE TYPE        0002
                                       TAPE MSCP MESSAGE
       MSLG$L_CMD_REF  FC2D0111
       MSLG$W_UNIT         0001
                                       UNIT #1.
       MSLG$W_SEQ_NUM      0001
                                       SEQUENCE #1.
       MSLG$B_FORMAT         07
                                       STI DRIVE LOG
       MSLG$B_FLAGS          01
                                       SEQUENCE NUMBER RESET
                                       UNRECOVERABLE ERROR
       MSLG$W_EVENT        FF6B
                                       DRIVE ERROR
                                       TAPE DRIVE REQUESTED ERROR LOG
       MSLG$Q_CNT_ID   0000FFEE
                       01230000
                                       UNIQUE IDENTIFIER, 00000000FFEE(X)
                                       MASS STORAGE CONTROLLER
                                       HSC90
       MSLG$B_CNT_SVR        56
                                       CONTROLLER SOFTWARE VERSION #86.
       MSLG$B_CNT_HVR        00
                                       CONTROLLER HARDWARE REVISION #0.
       MSLG$W_MULT_UNT     0050
       MSLG$Q_UNIT_ID  00093601
                       03110700
                                       UNIQUE IDENTIFIER, 070000093601(X)
                                       TAPE CLASS DEVICE
                                       TA85
       MSLG$B_UNIT_SVR       18
                                       UNIT SOFTWARE VERSION #24.
       MSLG$B_UNIT_HVR       43
                                       UNIT HARDWARE REVISION #67.
       MSLG$L_GAP_CNT  00000001
                                       GAP COUNT = 1.
       MSLG$B_FMTR_SVR       07
                                       FORMATTER SOFTWARE VERSION #7.
       MSLG$B_FMTR_HVR       01
                                       FORMATTER HARDWARE REVISION #1.


 GET EXTENDED DRIVE STATUS (GEDS TEXT FIELD)

       SPEED                 64
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 V A X / V M S        SYSTEM ERROR REPORT         COMPILED 22-APR-1997 10:18:00
                                                                      PAGE   2.

                                       100. IPS TAPE DRIVE
       DENSITY               04
       MSCP UNIT #         0100
                                       MSCP UNIT NUMBER = 256.
       GAP COUNT       00000000
                                       GAP COUNT = 0.

 TA85 DEVICE DEPENDENT DATA

       PACKET CODE           15
                                       XFER: MEDIA CALIBRATION FAILURE
       MEDIA ID        C195793D
       EVENT REF NUM       0101
                                       NUMBER OF LOG PKTS = 1.
                                       PKT NUMBER = 1.
       SW FLAGS              00
       MEDIA FORMAT          08
                                       CARTRIDGE IN DRIVE
       CURR UNIT FLAGS     0000
       CH1 STATUS            00
                                       CH1 STATUS = 00(X)
       CH2 STATUS            00
                                       CH2 STATUS = 00(X)
       LOGICAL BLK NUM       00
                                       LOGICAL BLK NUM = 0.
       TRACK NUMBER          00
                                       TRACK NUMBER = 0.
       PHYS BLK NUM        0000
                                       PHYS BLK NUM = 0.
       ECC ENTITY OFFSE      00
                                       ECC ENTITY OFFSET = 0.
       NUM OF LOST BLKS      00
                                       NUM OF LOST BLKS = 0.
       ECC ENTITY NUMBE    0000
                                       ECC ENTITY NUMBER = 0.
       TAPE MOTION         0000
                                       TAPE MOTION = 0. HOURS
       FLAGS               0000
                                       FLAGS = 0.
       RETRY CNTS      0000003D
                                       REWRITE RETRY CNT = 0.
                                       OVERWRITE RETRY CNT = 0.
                                       ECC CORRECTION RETRY CNT = 0.
                                       REREAD RETRY CNT = 61.
       BLK REQ BY HOST 00000000
                       00000000
                                       READ BLOCKS ACCESSED BY HOST = 0.
                                       WRITE BLOCKS ACCESSED BY HOST = 0.
       TAPE ADR            0000
                                       TAPE ADR = 0.
       HEAD OFFSET         0000
                                       HEAD OFFSET = 0.
       TAPE TENSION          00
                                       TAPE TENSION = 0.
       DRIVE RETRY CNT       00
                                       DRIVE RETRY CNT = 0.
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 V A X / V M S        SYSTEM ERROR REPORT         COMPILED 22-APR-1997 10:18:00
                                                                      PAGE   3.

       SIGNAL AMPLITUDE    0000
                                       SIGNAL AMPLITUDE CH1 = 0.
                                       SIGNAL AMPLITUDE CH2 = 0.
       SKEW WINDOW         0000
                                       PLL SKEW WINDOW CH1 = 00(X)
                                       PLL SKEW WINDOW CH2 = 00(X)
       FLAGS                 00
                                       FLAGS = 00(X)
       DRV PWR ON TIME 00000000
                                       DRV PWR ON TIME = 0. HOURS
 ****** ENTRY 28585., ERROR SEQUENCE 10997. LOGGED ON SID 13000202

 ERL$LOGSTATUS ENTRY  KA66  CPU FW REV# 2.  CONSOLE FW REV# 1.0
                      XMI NODE # 1.

 I/O SUB-SYSTEM, UNIT _HSC90$MUA1:

       MSLG$L_CMD_REF  FC2D0111
       ORB$L_OWNER     00010004
                                       OWNER UIC [001,004]
       UCB$L_CHAR      0CC44038
                                       DIRECTORY STRUCTURED
                                       SINGLE DIRECTORY
                                       "SEQUENTIAL BLOCK" ORIENTED
                                       FILE ORIENTED
                                       AVAILABLE
                                       ERROR LOGGING
                                       ALLOCATED
                                       CAPABLE OF INPUT
                                       CAPABLE OF OUTPUT
       UCB$L_OPCNT     0003FDEF
                                       261615. QIO'S THIS UNIT
       UCB$W_ERRCNT        0028
                                       40. ERRORS THIS UNIT
       UCB$W_STS           0810
                                       ONLINE
                                       SOFTWARE VALID

       CDRP$L_MEDIA    00000000
       CDRP$W_FUNC         000C
                                      READ PHYSICAL BLOCK
       CDRP$L_BCNT     00000050
                                       TRANSFER SIZE 80. BYTE(S)
       CDRP$W_BOFF         01F4
                                       500. BYTE PAGE OFFSET
       CDRP$L_PID      00820090
                                       REQUESTOR "PID"
       CDRP$Q_IOSB     000001F4
                       00000000        IOSB, 0. BYTE(S) TRANSFERRED
ANA/ERR/SINC=22-APR-1997 10:00:00.00/OUT=X.X

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