<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="security" content="public" /> <meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' /> <meta name="DC.Type" content="task" /> <meta name="DC.Title" content="Verify that your tape unit works correctly" /> <meta name="abstract" content="This topic provides initial troubleshooting steps and explains how to verify that the tape unit is working correctly." /> <meta name="description" content="This topic provides initial troubleshooting steps and explains how to verify that the tape unit is working correctly." /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzam4troubleshoot.htm" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2004, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Rights.Owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2004, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" /> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="rzam4verifywrks" /> <meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us" /> <!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>Verify that your tape unit works correctly</title> </head> <body id="rzam4verifywrks"><a name="rzam4verifywrks"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">Verify that your tape unit works correctly</h1> <div><p>This topic provides initial troubleshooting steps and explains how to verify that the tape unit is working correctly.</p> <div class="section">To clean the tape cartridge and verify that your tape unit is working correctly, do the following:</div> <ol><li><span>Remove the cartridge from the tape unit.</span></li> <li><span>Type WRKCFGSTS *DEV *TAP on a command line and make the tape unit unavailable to the iSeries™ server (vary off).</span></li> <li><span>Clean the tape unit. See the cleaning instructions for the tape unit you are using.</span></li> <li><span>Type the Verify Tape (VFYTAP) command on a command line and press Enter.</span></li> </ol> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzam4troubleshoot.htm" title="These topics provide information for troubleshooting your tape resources.">Troubleshoot tape resources</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>