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8. Press F4 to view the sense data (see the example in Figure 25).
Obtaining Error Information from the RS/6000 or pSeries
The AIX
®
Tape and Media Changer Device Driver for the IBM RS/6000 or IBM
Eserver pSeries provides logging to the system error log for a variety of errors.
You can view the error log by issuing the AIX errpt command. Figure 26 on
page 73 displays a sample drive error log; Figure 27 on page 74 displays a sample
SCSI bus error log.
To view the error log:
1. At the AIX command line, type errpt -a |pg to display a detailed report.
2. Press Enter to scroll through the error log.
3. Type q to quit the error log at any time.
Display Detail Report for Resource
Serial Resource
Name Type Model Number Name
TAP07 3580 002 00-00000 TAP07
LogID .........: 00452B54 Sequence......: 4732468
Date ..........: 08/14/02 Time........: 09:50:21
Reference code .....: 9210 Secondary code...: 00000000
Table ID ........: 63A00001 IPL source/state..: B/3
Class..........: Permanent
System Ref Code.....: 63A09210
Illegal or unsupported tape unit response
Press Enter to continue.
F3=Exit F4=Additional Information F6=Hexadecimal report
F9=Address Information F10=Previous detail report F12=Cancel
Figure 24. Example of an error log from the AS/400 or IBM Eserver iSeries
Display Additional Information for Resource
Serial Resource
Name Type Model Number Name
TAP07 3580 002 00-00000 TAP07
SENSE DATA FOLLOWS.....:
DATA OFFSET 0123 4567 89AB CDEF
00000000 70000500 0000001C 00000000 240000C0
00000010 00020000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00000020 058B0000
Figure 25. Example of sense data from the AS/400 or IBM Eserver iSeries
72 IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 2 Tape Drive