REQUEST SENSE 03h
Commands
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2A 04h Reservations released The original persistent reservation has been replaced with
another of a different type or removed completely.
2A 05h Registrations pre-empted A PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT command was executed and
all registrations removed.
2C 00h Command sequence invalid The use of the echo buffer was invalid. A WRITE BUFFER
command is necessary before a READ BUFFER command.
30 00h Incompatible medium installed A write-type operation could not be executed because it is
not supported on the type of tape that is loaded.
30 01h Unknown format An operation could not be carried out because the tape in
the drive is of a format not supported by the drive.
30 02h Cannot read media: incompatible
format
An operation could not be completed because the logical
format is not correct.
30 03h Cleaning cartridge installed An operation could not be carried out because the tape in
the drive is a cleaning cartridge.
30 04h Cannot write medium An attempt was made to write to a cartridge that has
Cartridge Memory errors.
30 05h Cannot write medium, incompatible
format
For example, the drive tried to write to a tape of an
incompatible generation.
30 07h Cleaning failure A cleaning operation was attempted but could not be
completed for some reason.
30 0Ch WORM—overwrite attempted A write operation could not be executed because an
overwrite has been attempted on a WORM cartridge. This
may be because an overwrite backup was specified
instead of an appended backup.
30 0Dh WORM medium—integrity check
failed
The drive has detected an inconsistency when performing
an integrity check on a WORM cartridge. The cartridge
may have been tampered with.
31 00h Medium format corrupted Data could not be read because the format on tape is not
valid, although it is in a known format.
35 01h Unsupported enclosure function The drive cannot respond to this Enclosure Services
request.
35 02h Enclosure services unavailable No compatible enclosure hardware has been detected by
the drive.
37 00h Rounded parameter A Mode Select command parameter has been rounded
because the drive cannot store it with the accuracy of the
command.
3A 00h Medium not present A media-access command has been received when there
is no tape loaded.
3A 04h Medium not present, Media
Auxiliary Memory accessible
A media access command has been received when the
tape has been loaded but not threaded. This will be
reported if the hold bit of the LOAD CDB was set or the
Autoload field in the Control mode page is non zero.
3B 00h Sequential positioning error A command has failed and left the logical position at an
unexpected location.
3B 0Ch Position past BOM A SET CAPACITY command was received when the logical
position was not BOT, a necessary condition for this
command.
3D 00h Invalid bits in Identify message An illegal Identify message has been received by the drive
at the start of a command.
Code Description Explanation
