What does a TapeAlert report look like?

This is what the SANtools software returns as it polls tape drives & autochangers
If you invoke SMARTMON-UX with the -X option, it will poll tapes at  the specified polling periods and produce a message such as:
       \\.\TAPE0 polled at Sun Aug 18 23:19:21 2002 Status:Passed
 
If there was a problem, you might see:
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Posted Under: Specifications and Reference Docs, Using TapeAlert and Related Diagnostics
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How does TapeAlert work?

internal TapeAlert firmware constantly monitors the drive hardware and the media, checking for errors and potential difficulties. Any problems identified are

Posted Under: Using TapeAlert and Related Diagnostics
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