On a T10Ka drive I load in a tape and on the VOP I see LOAD BA4A and then CHK BA4A and the tape will eject itself. I was hoping someone had a definition and a fix for this. it does not seem to happen with all or even most tapes and we had just initialized these on the same drive.
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STK error CHK BA4A
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More info on this problem....
It is a known problem and an internal change request was issued for better recovery in firmware. It was def still an ongoing problem with 1.34.109 code, maybe higher. If your drive has code about that vintage I would refrain from smashing it up until you can try it with the latest code.
It is a known problem and an internal change request was issued for better recovery in firmware. It was def still an ongoing problem with 1.34.109 code, maybe higher. If your drive has code about that vintage I would refrain from smashing it up until you can try it with the latest code.
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Interesting enough I swapped the boards out with another drive and some of the tapes that were an issue are now loading fine, others are not (irritating)
I kept the top cover off and loaded data tapes and they wind around the hub fine, I ejected it and tried loading a cleaning tape, well it did not wind. The VOP program showed CLEANING but there was no movement of the tape at all. I tried this with 3 different cleaning tapes and all did the same thing. I tried a data tape again and that loaded fine.
I kept the top cover off and loaded data tapes and they wind around the hub fine, I ejected it and tried loading a cleaning tape, well it did not wind. The VOP program showed CLEANING but there was no movement of the tape at all. I tried this with 3 different cleaning tapes and all did the same thing. I tried a data tape again and that loaded fine.
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I was also given this info....
The T10000 code 5A4A indicates bad tape, MEZ card not seated, Dirty Head. The error code BA4A says leader not connected to tape
incase anyone looks for this in the future, I will try to update this as I figure it out.
The T10000 code 5A4A indicates bad tape, MEZ card not seated, Dirty Head. The error code BA4A says leader not connected to tape
incase anyone looks for this in the future, I will try to update this as I figure it out.
FYI- Just as in the 9840/9940 drives, when a cleaning tape is loaded, there will not be any cleaning action taking place unless the cleaning light is on. The cleaning tapes are abrasive and they will load, and say "cleaning", but they are not actually doing anything.
STKman- Good to see you posting again!
Andy
STKman- Good to see you posting again!
Andy
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