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HP Q153090901 User Manual

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0224h–03FFh Reserved

Remaining capacity in partition

and

Maximum capacity in partition

Native capacities in MB, assuming no data compression.

TapeAlert flags

The bits specify flags that were set during the previous load. 1 bit

per flag (MSB = flag 1, LSB = flag 64).

Load count

The number of times this tape has been fully loaded. It is never

reset.

MAM space remaining

The space currently free in the MAM. The total MAM capacity is

reported in the MAM Capacity attribute defined in “Standard

medium type attributes” on page 118.
Note that it may not always be possible to use all the free space in

a given MAM implementation. Depending on the internal

organization of the memory and the software that controls it,

fragmentation issues may mean that certain attribute sizes might

not be fully accommodated as the MAM nears its maximum

capacity.

Assigning organization

The Vendor ID of the organization that will define attribute 0006h.

It contains the string “

LTO-CVE

”.

Formatted density code

The medium density code.

Device make/serial number at last

load

and

Device make/serial

number at load –

n

These attributes provide a rolling history of the last four device

servers in which the tape has been loaded. The format of the

attributes is as follows:

ID

Attribute

Size (bytes)

Format

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

0

(MSB)

Vendor Identification

7

(LSB)

8

(MSB)

Product Serial Number

39

(LSB)

Vendor Identification

The same value as is returned in the SCSI

INQUIRY

command by

the device server, padded with ASCII spaces (20h).

Product Serial Number Vendor-assigned serial number

, padded with ASCII spaces (20h).

Total MB written in medium life

and

Total MB read in medium life

The total number of data bytes written to or read from the tape (after any

data compression has been applied) over the entire tape life. These

figures are cumulative and will never be reset.

Total MB written in current/last

load

and

Total MB read in

current/last load

These are similar to the attributes above but apply to the current load (if

the tape is currently loaded) or the last load (if the tape is currently

unloaded). The device server should reset these attributes to zero when

the tape is loaded.