Thanks much for the information
-----Original Message-----
From: Tab Trepagnier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 11:36 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 7G TAPES
Perpetua,
Careful.
If your library is not XL ready it can't use the XL tapes. In a library
that is
XL ready, you can freely mix B, C, and XL tapes - that's what we're doing in
our
L18 library.
If your library has 3570C drives (with green eject buttons) you can have
them
upgraded to XL compatibility by ordering Feature Code 2007, "C Format XL
Cartridge Support". That is just a microcode update and costs less than
$1000
in the U.S. As far as I know, 3570B drives (blue button) cannot be upgraded
-
they must be replaced. But I'm not an IBM employee so others may have
better
info.
If you apply the upgrade, you will probably have to redefine your drives in
the
OS and redefine the drives in *SM. We did.
We have had very good results since the upgrade was applied (up to 25 GB per
tape in rare cases using drive compression) and we don't have to keep track
of
which tapes can go in which libraries.
Good luck.
Tab
"Selva, Perpetua" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 09/27/2000 10:20:08 AM
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Subject: Re: 7G TAPES
Has backups and restores been successful with the mixtures of 5G /7G?
l12 library does not have XL READY , HOWEVER THE L32LIBRARY does say XL
ready... Would i be able to move tapes around from one library to the other?
Thanks in Advance
-----Original Message-----
From: Sharp, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 10:18 AM
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Subject: Re: 7G TAPES
There should be a label on it ( at the back ) saying "XL ready"
Chris Sharp
Senior Systems Engineer
MYND
Tel:- +44 (0)1932 879205
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-----Original Message-----
From: Selva, Perpetua [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 27 September 2000 14:25
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Subject: Re: 7G TAPES
Hi Tab,
I would like to know how to find out if our tape library could support 7G
Tapes... Where would i get this information...
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: Tab Trepagnier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 5:47 PM
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Subject: Re: 7G TAPES
Perpetua,
That's a pretty open-ended question, but we are using 7 GB 3570XL tapes in
our
3575 libraries. If that is the tape/library combination you are asking
about,
what would you like to know?
Tab
"Selva, Perpetua" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 09/26/2000 09:47:40 AM
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Anyone using 7g tapes in their tape libraries
Please let me know
Thanks in advance
