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  • 1.  Faulty LTO 7 Driver - error code 6

    Posted 15 days ago

    We have a faulty LTO 7 Ultrium - H drive, with error code 6.

    The drive can't read nor write data cartridge. It displays a 6 error code. It even corrupts data when reading cartridges.

    We tried to use a cleaning cartridge and we tried to clean the drive of dust with no success. We did the drive diagnosis and it fails.

    I recorded a video of the problem (see attachment).

    We are asking for advice of every way we could troubleshoot the problem or where we could send it to be fixed by a specialized technical service, before to consider buying a new one. This is one is only 8 years old and we expected it to have a longer lifetime.

    Thank you.



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    Silvia López
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  • 2.  RE: Faulty LTO 7 Driver - error code 6

    Posted 15 days ago

    "Silly Question"....do you NOT have those drives/library under a maint contract ? 



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    Rich Malloy
    Principal Systems Engineer - IBMi
    Cox Automotive
    Draper UT
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  • 3.  RE: Faulty LTO 7 Driver - error code 6

    Posted 14 days ago

    Follow the procedures found for SCD 6 at https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/t-tt-and-t?topic=information-drive-error-codes-messages



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    Kevin Butt
    IBM, Tape Development Ecosystem
    Tape SCSI Architect, T10 Representative
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