HP Surestore 6.140 Tape Library - Manual (Page 149)

Understanding Errors and Troubleshooting
Diagnostic Support Tools
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Tests Test Unit Ready Performs “Test Unit Ready” command on drive.
Selftest Executes the drive’s built-in diagnostic tests.
Tape Validate Reads a suspect tape until data ends or an
error is detected.
Write Test Writes data to a tape, reads it back, and
compares.
Utility Tape Copy Performs a tape-to-tape copy.
Load Tape Performs a load sequence.
Unload Tape Performs an unload sequence.
Rewind Rewinds to the beginning of a tape.
Mode Sense Displays user selected mode page data.
Mode Select Allows user to change selected mode select
settings.
Media Removal Prevents or allows media removal.
Data capture Runs the “tape_capture -D -m” command and
displays the results.
Options Display Format Displays data as either raw hex, decoded
format text, or both.
Table 4-14 Drive Expert Tool Command
Category Command Effect