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MSL5030 - change Ultrium drive

 
CA1302259
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тАО07-13-2005 09:39 PM

тАО07-13-2005 09:39 PM

MSL5030 - change Ultrium drive

Hi,

We want to buy a renew MSL5030 with one (or two) Ultrium 230 drives. We already have two external HP Ultrium 460 drives, so is it possible to change the drives or must we buy the 460 upgrade kid? What's with the warranty?

Thanks,

Hubertus
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Lewis Finch
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тАО07-13-2005 10:27 PM

тАО07-13-2005 10:27 PM

Re: MSL5030 - change Ultrium drive

you can't interchange those tape drives. ehat is your question about warranty?
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CA1302259
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тАО07-13-2005 10:57 PM

тАО07-13-2005 10:57 PM

Re: MSL5030 - change Ultrium drive

Hmmm,
that means that the drives are incompatible?
I can't open the hotplug canister and the external drive cage and change the drives?


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CA713937
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тАО07-14-2005 04:57 AM

тАО07-14-2005 04:57 AM

Re: MSL5030 - change Ultrium drive

Standalone drives use a different version of firmrware than a library drive. As an example, the eject distance differs between the two drive applications. You cannot change firmware from one personality to another, so that precludes you from trying to convert the drives.
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