E06 drives won't write E06 formatted data to a tape that has already been
written to in E05 format. But, once the device driver is updated, the E06
drives will write E06 format to scratch tapes without a re-label.
With my thanks,
Keith
Robert,
Thank you, I just did. We're on 6.2.2 also. I'll update the thread when they
respond.
Best wishes,
Keith
Yes.
But to be sure open up a ticket with TSM support to verify this. We did this
using TSM v 6.2.x and it worked fine.
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Keith Arbogast wrote:
> Robert et al;
> Will updating the device class make the new drives write files to tapes in
> E06 format which have prev
Robert et al;
Will updating the device class make the new drives write files to tapes in E06
format which have previously been formatted and written to in E05 format?
Filling volumes would then have a mixture of E05 and E06 formats. Will TSM do
that? Are the device drivers, or what not, smart e
update the device class . see help update devclass
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Keith Arbogast wrote:
> We are buying some 3592-E06 drives to replace the 3592-E05 drives in our
> 3584 tape libraries. The goal is to store more TB on the cartridges we
> already have. The 3592-E06 drives can rea
We are buying some 3592-E06 drives to replace the 3592-E05 drives in our 3584
tape libraries. The goal is to store more TB on the cartridges we already have.
The 3592-E06 drives can read the E05 format, but they will write in E05 format
too unless the tapes are re-formatted in the E06 format. So
