Table 42: Device driver to AIX ERRNO translation (continued)
AIX
errno
Device driver
error code
Description
47 EWRPROTECT
• Open: An open operation with the O_RDWR or O_WRONLY flag was
attempted on a write-protected tape cartridge.
• Write: A write operation was attempted on a write-protected tape
cartridge.
• IOCTRL: An operation that modies the media was attempted on a write-
protected tape cartridge or a device that was opened for O_RDONLY.
78 ETIMEDOUT
• General: A command that is timed out.
110 EMEDIA
• General: An unrecoverable media error was detected.
SMIT command
Follow these steps to use the smit command.
Note: The smit command has various ways to format the error log.“ Analyzing Tapeutil and Diag
command Error Log” on page 54 provides examples of the different error log formats for the smit and
errpt commands.
1. Type smit at the AIX command line.
2. Select Problem Determination from the System Management menu.
3. Select Error Log from the Problem Determination menu.
4. Select Generate Error Report from the Error Log menu.
5. Select lename. Select no from the Single Select list.
6. From the Generate Error Report menu, you can select the type of reports you want to view, then press
the Do icon.
7. You can scroll through the log by using the up or down icons on the menu.
ERRPT command
Follow these steps to use the errpt command.
1. Select errpt |pg at the AIX command line. The summary report is displayed.
2. You can scroll through the log by pressing the Enter key for the next page.
3. You can type q to quit the error log at any time.
--OR--
1. Type errpt -a |pg at the AIX command line. The detailed report is displayed.
2. You can scroll through the log by pressing the Enter key for the next page.
3. You can type q to quit the error log at any time.
SMIT/ERRPT errors
Analyze the sense key and ASC/ASCQ data to determine the type of sense information reported in the
error log. If a hardware failure is indicated, use the FID, and go to “Maintenance starting point” on page 1
for problem determination. Figure 19 on page 59, Figure 20 on page 60, Figure 21 on page 61, Figure
22 on page 62, and Figure 23 on page 63 provide examples of the different error log formats for the
smit and errpt commands.
For errors that indicate system problems, enter the appropriate maintenance package.
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