And, if you look at a J and a K tape on the notches you will notice that they have a different configuration. So, if you put a K tape in a J only drive, it will kick it right back out. I thought that all B to E upgrade kits were K capable. I did not think that kit came out until the E upgrade kit for K was available. If your upgrade kits were installed after July 2001, they just about have to be K capable.
Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Naptheon Inc. 757-688-8180 -----Original Message----- From: Cook, Dwight E [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 9:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: K-cartridges besides J-cartridges Should see a "2X" sticker on the back of your 3590 drive if it is set to deal with double length tapes. Also the internal tape spool is green (along with one or two other internal parts, I seem to recall) so you might be able to look in through the cooling holes in the top of the case to double check (if you don't find a "2X" sticker on the drive) Dwight -----Original Message----- From: Jim Sporer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 4:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: K-cartridges besides J-cartridges There is a difference between the J and K tapes and the 3590 drives need to support the extended length tapes. If the drives are new there is no problem but older 3590E drives may need an upgrade to support the extended length tapes. Check with your CE. Jim Sporer At 11:12 PM 12/10/2002 +0100, you wrote: >Hello, > >AIX 5.1, TSM 4.2.1.19, IBM 3494 library, 3590E-drives > >At the moment we use about 900 J-cartridges in our library. Is it >possible to checkin K-cartridges and use them besides the J-cartridges. > >During upgrade from our drives from 3590B to 3590E we changed status of >our volumes to read-only because of different tracks used on tape. > >As far as I know is the only difference between J and K the length of >the tape, so I guess there will be no problem. > >I'm wondering if someone is using both J and K cartridges and if there >encounter any problems. > >Thanx, > >Brian. > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Chatten met je online vrienden via MSN Messenger. >http://messenger.msn.nl/
